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bob123
Hi All,
Got a problem. Have a bathroom that was tiled with beige colour travertine tiles. Somehow a crack developed on 2 of the tiles next to the bath. Plumber said he will change the 2 cracked tiles, i.e. remove them and replace with 2 new tiles. In removing the 2 cracked tiles there is damage to the edges of the surrounding tiles. Now to fix the surrounding tiles I called someone else who was confident he can remove the damaged tiles without affecting adjacent tiles. He tried one of the damaged tiles but again has chipped the edges of it's surrounding tiles.
Trying to fix the issue I am worried my whole bathroom would have to be re-tiled....It's a real shame as the travertine tiles look really nice otherwise. Now with some 5 tiles with chipped edges going to ruin the whole look of the bathroom :-(. The 2nd guy who tried to remedy the situation was trying to remove some 5 tiles so that we can then easily insert and cement new tiles in their place. He used a hammer to smash the tile in the middle and then used an sds drill with a 40mm chisel tip. He was ok removing tile fragments from the middle until he got to the outer edges adjacent to other tiles and because the tiles are so easily breakable chipped the edge of the adjacent tile. The grout space between each of my travertine tiles is approx 2mm - so hardly anything. I don’t think the original tilers who did the job a year back used spacers. It looks like the adhesive/tile cement is very strong and is almost bonding the tiles to each other :-(
Each travertine tile is approx 610 x 400 mm.
Help please.....
* Is there any tool that would help with what we are trying to achieve?
* Person doing the work today said he could try using an angel grinder with a thin diamond blade to cut right into the 2mm grout gap between the tiles. He cant guarantee this wont chip edges of a tile though.
* Would an angle grinder be our best bit or can anyone recommend any other tools?
* Should we try to use some grout removing tool to cut deep into the grout?
Any ideas appreciated on how to achieve this task...
Many Thanks,
Bob
Got a problem. Have a bathroom that was tiled with beige colour travertine tiles. Somehow a crack developed on 2 of the tiles next to the bath. Plumber said he will change the 2 cracked tiles, i.e. remove them and replace with 2 new tiles. In removing the 2 cracked tiles there is damage to the edges of the surrounding tiles. Now to fix the surrounding tiles I called someone else who was confident he can remove the damaged tiles without affecting adjacent tiles. He tried one of the damaged tiles but again has chipped the edges of it's surrounding tiles.
Trying to fix the issue I am worried my whole bathroom would have to be re-tiled....It's a real shame as the travertine tiles look really nice otherwise. Now with some 5 tiles with chipped edges going to ruin the whole look of the bathroom :-(. The 2nd guy who tried to remedy the situation was trying to remove some 5 tiles so that we can then easily insert and cement new tiles in their place. He used a hammer to smash the tile in the middle and then used an sds drill with a 40mm chisel tip. He was ok removing tile fragments from the middle until he got to the outer edges adjacent to other tiles and because the tiles are so easily breakable chipped the edge of the adjacent tile. The grout space between each of my travertine tiles is approx 2mm - so hardly anything. I don’t think the original tilers who did the job a year back used spacers. It looks like the adhesive/tile cement is very strong and is almost bonding the tiles to each other :-(
Each travertine tile is approx 610 x 400 mm.
Help please.....
* Is there any tool that would help with what we are trying to achieve?
* Person doing the work today said he could try using an angel grinder with a thin diamond blade to cut right into the 2mm grout gap between the tiles. He cant guarantee this wont chip edges of a tile though.
* Would an angle grinder be our best bit or can anyone recommend any other tools?
* Should we try to use some grout removing tool to cut deep into the grout?
Any ideas appreciated on how to achieve this task...
Many Thanks,
Bob
