How To Replace A Broken Bath Wall Tile

Boyd apply painter s tape around the edges of the adjacent tiles to protect them.

How to replace a broken bath wall tile.

Wipe away any adhesive from the front of the tile with a damp cloth. Lift out the loose tile with a putty knife. Carefully lift the loose tile with a putty knife working from center to edges on all four sides. Before removing any broken tiles.

Fit tile spacers at right angles to the tile s surface to maintain the gap for grout and prevent the tile from slipping out of position before the adhesive is dry. Remove loose tiles 4. Set the tile aside. If necessary use tile nippers to remove spacer lugs from edge of tile 7.

Be careful not to cut through any membrane waterproofing underneath or behind the tiles. Put on eye protection and gloves and break the broken tile carefully into smaller pieces with a hammer and chisel. Once the adhesive is down add tile spacers to the edges of the area. Drill evenly spaced holes into the tile s broken sections with a 1 4 inch ceramic bit.

Smooth edges of tile by rubbing it with a rubbing stone 8. You only want to scrape away any high spots that may cause the new tile to sit. Use a utility knife to score grout joints around the cracked tiles 3. You should not scrape away all of the existing thinset.

Dry fit the new tile to the wall 6. If a tile is set correctly it will pull off the waterproofing on the backer board. Using a masonry bit drill a hole through the middle of the tiles you need to remove. How to replace a broken tile use a hammer and bust up the tile.

Mix thinset mortar with latex additive 9. Using a grout saw or other tool remove the grout from the tile joints surrounding the damaged tile s. After you remove the existing tile then scrape away any high areas of thinset that was used to attach the broken tile. If you re replacing a wall tile you could get away with just using spacers on the lowest edge since gravity will hold the tile in place.

Apply just enough pressure to remove the grout but not so much that a slip will gouge the neighboring tiles. Use at least two per side when replacing a floor tile. Hold the chisel at a 45 degree angle to the tile and hit the top with the hammer. Then remove the rest of the tile with a hammer and chisel.

Use trowel to scrape the wall clean of loose debris 5.