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Posted by Andy Hill on December 19, 2006, 4:41 pm
Howdy, all!
I've got a tiled shower (mostly 4x4 while porcelain tiles) with a "line" of
roughly 4"x1/2" colored tiles running about the 4' line. I changed out the
vanity deck, but now the wife unit sez the tile line doesn't match the deck.
How likely would it be I could pop out the line tiles without trashing the
surrounding tiles? Once I have the grout removed, is there a tool that can be
used to pull the tile straight out, or would I be better off trying to fracture
the tile and take it off in bitty pieces?
Thanks!
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Posted by Oren on December 19, 2006, 4:36 pm
>Howdy, all!
>
>I've got a tiled shower (mostly 4x4 while porcelain tiles) with a "line" of
>roughly 4"x1/2" colored tiles running about the 4' line. I changed out the
>vanity deck, but now the wife unit sez the tile line doesn't match the deck.
>
>How likely would it be I could pop out the line tiles without trashing the
>surrounding tiles? Once I have the grout removed, is there a tool that can be
>used to pull the tile straight out, or would I be better off trying to fracture
>the tile and take it off in bitty pieces?
>
>Thanks!
I drill several holes in the tile with a masonry bit. Then fracture
it with a hammer/chisel and remove the pieces. This reduces chances of
damaging surrounding tiles.
--
Oren
"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens
constantly."
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Posted by David Nebenzahl on December 19, 2006, 4:55 pm
Andy Hill spake thus:
> I've got a tiled shower (mostly 4x4 while porcelain tiles) with a "line" of
> roughly 4"x1/2" colored tiles running about the 4' line. I changed out the
> vanity deck, but now the wife unit sez the tile line doesn't match the deck.
>
> How likely would it be I could pop out the line tiles without trashing the
> surrounding tiles? Once I have the grout removed, is there a tool that can be
> used to pull the tile straight out, or would I be better off trying to fracture
> the tile and take it off in bitty pieces?
I'd say your best bet would be to sacrifice the trim tiles by breaking
them in place (carefully), then removing the grout in the resulting
space. Believe me, you're *not* going to get those tiles out intact, no way.
--
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you're curious but don't really care about the quality of your knowledge.
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Posted by bill allemann on December 19, 2006, 5:49 pm
To avoid chipping out the adjoining tile, I think I would first run a cut
across the middle of the tiles with a diamond blade. If they are glazed
ceramic tile, the blade will cut through very quickly. Then when you break
or pry on the remaining pieces, there is somewhere for the stresses to go.
bill
> Howdy, all!
>
> I've got a tiled shower (mostly 4x4 while porcelain tiles) with a "line"
> of
> roughly 4"x1/2" colored tiles running about the 4' line. I changed out
> the
> vanity deck, but now the wife unit sez the tile line doesn't match the
> deck.
>
> How likely would it be I could pop out the line tiles without trashing the
> surrounding tiles? Once I have the grout removed, is there a tool that
> can be
> used to pull the tile straight out, or would I be better off trying to
> fracture
> the tile and take it off in bitty pieces?
>
> Thanks!
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Posted by krw on December 19, 2006, 10:22 pm
andy_hill@hp.com says...
> Howdy, all!
>
> I've got a tiled shower (mostly 4x4 while porcelain tiles) with a "line" of
> roughly 4"x1/2" colored tiles running about the 4' line. I changed out the
> vanity deck, but now the wife unit sez the tile line doesn't match the deck.
Replace the wife?
> How likely would it be I could pop out the line tiles without trashing the
> surrounding tiles? Once I have the grout removed, is there a tool that can be
> used to pull the tile straight out, or would I be better off trying to fracture
> the tile and take it off in bitty pieces?
Assuming you can do this and I have serious doubts (particularly
with porcelain tiles) what are you going to put there in place of
these oddball tiles?
--
Keith
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