Getting a single floor tile up without breaking any others?

mpooley · Post by **mpooley** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:29 am

Hi
I have some mixed size ceramic floor tiles and i need to get one or two of them up. They are not cracked and are pretty thick ,

is there a technique for getting them up please?

Mike

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:39 am

I'm afraid you will have to break them to get them up!

Drill them in the centre and then score them and break them out from the hole in the centre using a hammer and chisel/strong screwdriver.

Here is how to drill them-

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/tilin ... _tiles.htm

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:21 pm

As the good advice from UHM but in addition if you can, grind out the
grout joint with a thin diamond blade around the tile, which cuts down the
chance of damage to the next tile
I use a 2mm wet stone blade in a small angle grinder for this type of job

mpooley · Post by **mpooley** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:03 pm

Thanks very much

I thought id have to break them just wasnt sure of the best way.

Ta

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:13 pm

Tryanything wrote:As the good advice from UHM but in addition if you can, grind out the
grout joint with a thin diamond blade around the tile, which cuts down the
chance of damage to the next tile
I use a 2mm wet stone blade in a small angle grinder for this type of job

That is a good point

The Bosch PMF 180E would also be good for that, with the correct tile cutting blade.