All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Oli

Cheers Dave Mate,

Thanks for putting the link in my siggy as well, 'Tile Bible' Lol.

Wasn't me.............must have been Dan.........but if you asked i would have anyway..

[Oli]

Originally Posted by Dave

Wasn't me.............must have been Dan.........but if you asked i would have anyway..

I didnt want to distract you from trying to beat that basketball score mate, practise makes perfect as they say.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Oli

I didnt want to distract you from trying to beat that basketball score mate, practise makes perfect as they say.

T***.........

[Oli]

Replacing a Damaged / Broken Tile

Obviously there are a few ways to go about this, this is how I go about it.

For safety wear goggles and gloves.

Start off by scraping the grout from the sides of the tile in question, use a grout rake, or a fein or similar, the drill 4 holes in the tile, in a square formation.

Use a hammer to crack the tile, gently, no need to go mad with the hammer, remember your replacing a damaged tile not trying to make the good tiles match the damaged one.

Hopefully you will now have 4 pieces, assuming the tile had not lifted already, chisel out the pieces, start in the middle working outwards minimising the risk of damage to surrounding tiles.

Once youve got the bits out, get rid of the adhesive that was behind the tile, being carefull not to take chunks out of the substrate.

Depending on the size of the tile, you may not be able to get the trowel in to apply fresh adhesive to the wall, if this is the case, back butter the new tile, replace, allow to set and regrout.

Oli

whens the paperback coming out

[Oli]

One day i'll stick the 'bible' on ebay, i should just about cover the £3 i paid for the note pad, I'll have to get past 5 pages of usefull info in it mind.

[grumpygrouter]

First time I have seen this thread Oli, well done mate.

[andy-p]

good man oli !!

[Oli]

Thanks Fella's, I'm sure this is all bread and butter stuff for most of you, but as i've experienced (and still very much am) it's a huge learning curve and hopefully this will be helpfull for someone.

[Falcone]

Great post Oli cheers mate.

still very much learning, lots of good advice here. thanks again