How To Remove And Replace Bathroom Wall Tile

Remove loose tiles 4.

How to remove and replace bathroom wall tile.

Once you get some of the tile pulled away use your chisel to get behind the tile and tap it sideways to remove the rest. If you are removing only 1 tile you risk damaging the surrounding tiles. Loosen cracked tile using cold chisel and hammer. Pry the tiles off of the wall with a hammer and flat chisel.

Tap the other end of the chisel with a hammer to force the chisel under the tile and remove it from the wall. Old bathtub tile can really date a bathroom and if the tiles are also cracked or broken they could be letting water behind your walls that can lead to damage. Once those tiles loosen pry them off. Our shower room needs revamping.

A wide blade putty knife is helpful in prying the tiles loose. Use a utility knife to score grout joints around the cracked tiles 3. After the grout has dried for a week protect it with a grout sealer. If you need to remove all your wall tiles you risk damaging things within your bathroom such as your toilet sink shower etc.

Get it wrong and you risk wasting. Cut away the grout surrounding the tile or tiles that you want to remove. Removing and replacing the tiles. I hope you will follow me through the proc.

Problems with removing bathroom wall tiles. You only have one shot to remove a tile without damaging others. Required tools for this grout removal project. Wipe the excess grout and film off the face of the tile with a damp sponge rinsing it often.

Work slowly and at about a 45 degree angle. Start at the outer edge of the top row of tiles to make them the easiest to remove. Let the grout set up for approximately 20 minutes until a film develops over the tile then clean the area as shown in photos 3 and 4. Then tap the tiles with a chisel starting in the middle and working your way out.

So in this video i will show you the part 1 where i removed the bathroom tiles. Be careful to cut away only the grout and not into the wall. When you believe you have removed or cut away most of the grout stop and examine your work.