Removing Old Wall Tile And Installing New

Use a hammer and chisel to break up a few tiles into pieces so you can see what is behind them.

Removing old wall tile and installing new.

Put on safety goggles and work gloves and cover up the floor and any fixtures below the wall where the tile is. Use trowel to scrape the wall clean of loose debris 5. Your very best bet is to remove the old tile and. If necessary use tile nippers to remove spacer lugs from edge of tile 7.

Break the tile if necessary. Smooth edges of tile by rubbing it with a rubbing stone 8. If you plan to remove a whole wall of tiles try tapping the edge of each one with a. Chip away at the tile step 3.

Dry fit the new tile to the wall 6. Try to locate a loose tile. Break up the first tile with the blunt edge of a hammer image 1 and then use a chisel to pry up the remainder of the first tile. Your new tile also has to be laid on a flat surface so there would be a lot of preparation necessary to make the old tile surface perfectly flat.

Mix thinset mortar with latex additive 9. Break up a wall tiled in. Chisel tiles away from the wall. Respirators masks step 1.

Chip the grout along the grout lines step 2. Once this first tile is removed place the chisel against the bottom edge of adjacent tiles apply pressure with your hammer and the tiles should pop up easily image 2. Remove loose tiles 4. Hold the chisel at a.