removing tiles

[happy dave]

Hello. I have to fit plaster boards and plaster ceiling at friends house but he has already tiled up to the shot ceiling. The tiles are the 3d white brick type that are not flat so impossible to plaster up to so I think that the best way is to remove the last row of tiles near the ceiling. Can anyone advise on the best way to do this without breaking the tiles as these will need to go back on. Thank you

 

[AliGage]

Can you not overboard?

 

[Diggy]

Well if it were me , I'd leave the tiling on , mask it up along the top good and proper. Then skim ceiling , once dry i'd go round and fill the the small bits with a scraper. It would be a pain but personally I think this would be quicker and less messy than removing the top row.

Just my view though , sometimes some jobs are just a bit knobby.

Good luck with it.

Diggy

 

[Martyn Leeds]

As above, and perhaps caulk the tile-to-plaster bit

 

[Time's Ran Out]

A good plasterer wouldn't find it difficult - but what would I know!

 

[DHTiling]

Happy Dave.

That is me coz the sun is shining

 

[ian158]

Hello. I have to fit plaster boards and plaster ceiling at friends house but he has already tiled up to the shot ceiling. The tiles are the 3d white brick type that are not flat so impossible to plaster up to so I think that the best way is to remove the last row of tiles near the ceiling. Can anyone advise on the best way to do this without breaking the tiles as these will need to go back on. Thank you

its not impossible at all. !.i take it when you plaster you start about an inch from any corner or edge, then go back and feather in ?..

 

[widler]

Why take the tiles off?
Madness.
board it mask it and skim it,the bevelled tiles are minimal so will fill when u skim to the edges anyway.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

If the tiles have been fix properly, they wont OR should not be easy to remove. but you will be left with adhesive stuck on probably tile & wall. cleaning the adhesive or grout off is a pain staking timey job.

you may also find if fixed properly you could break the tiles, As the boys have said above^^ but have you asked the customer if there was any tiles left as spares?

good luck with what ever route you choose to do.

 

[EverDon Tiling]

Our plasterer often plasters after tiling with no mess and always leaves a very clean and tidy edge. He's always busy and I don't like waiting for other trades they work around me.