Reply to: chipped tile

[expat]

You need ceramic adhesive like Araldite Rapid Ceramic And Glass Adhesive.

Bumped to report on results: superb! Thanks.

[gadgetman]

Had a similar situation when drilling through tiles to fit a shower a while ago.

Use tile adhesive or one of the other solutions and colour in any small gap at the cracked edge with a coloured felt pen. It will soak in and make the edge almost unnoticeable.

[chef]

Maybe its Maybellene

may she was born with it?

[Drewster]

Theoretically that line of reasoning could be applied to any situation short of the worst imaginable.... it could be worse, and perhaps it will be.

"Cheer up" they said "Things could get worse"....

So I did.... and they did.

[Amiga500]

Theoretically that line of reasoning could be applied to any situation short of the worst imaginable.... it could be worse, and perhaps it will be.

If you have time to theorise about my flippant comment, count yourself lucky!

[TimberWolf]

Theoretically that line of reasoning could be applied to any situation short of the worst imaginable.... it could be worse, and perhaps it will be.

There is always someone worse off than you, as they say in hospital (though maybe not when the sheet says nil by mouth and do not resuscitate).

[expat]

If a chipped tile is your biggest worry count yourself lucky!

Theoretically that line of reasoning could be applied to any situation short of the worst imaginable.... it could be worse, and perhaps it will be.

[Amiga500]

Which is what you will then have to do Unfortunately some of the tiles are part behind the washbasin so that would have to come off too........ so a bit of plumbing, sealing, as well as tiling and painting.....

If a chipped tile is your biggest worry count yourself lucky!

[expat]

Yeah, I think it's a bit of a mare trying to get a tile off a wall without chipping or cracking it. You'd have at least two chipped tiles to handle afterwards. But the good news is that once you've got one tile out, the rest (perhaps a dozen or more by this time) will be much easier to remove.

Which is what you will then have to do Unfortunately some of the tiles are part behind the washbasin so that would have to come off too........ so a bit of plumbing, sealing, as well as tiling and painting.....

[Amiga500]

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cow-catcher.htm

You should really start a new thread for something so trivial as this one is dedicated to a serious matter.

PZZ

You know you can add that 'PZZ' as a signature so you don't have to type it each time right?

Many Kind Regards,

Amiga500.

[TimberWolf]

Good thought. (though as I said, if I were careful I wouldn't be in this position...)

Yeah, I think it's a bit of a mare trying to get a tile off a wall without chipping or cracking it. You'd have at least two chipped tiles to handle afterwards. But the good news is that once you've got one tile out, the rest (perhaps a dozen or more by this time) will be much easier to remove.

[expat]

Swap it with a tile that isn't in a conspicuous place (being careful not to chip the good one when you take it off).

Good thought. (though as I said, if I were careful I wouldn't be in this position...)

[TimberWolf]

Swap it with a tile that isn't in a conspicuous place (being careful not to chip the good one when you take it off).

[expat]

Just ignore the chipped tile
Relax and have a beer

I could ignore the chipped tile. But there is a transitive 2-step relation that you are not taking account of:
Partner does not ignore chipped tile.
I do not ignore partner.

Anyway...if it were me...I'd replace it. Its pretty easy to remove a broken tile. Remove the cement below and replace. Then redo the grout.

If it were me, I'd replace it too, if I had a spare. I keep spares but the previous owner did not.

[lilelvis2000]

I always get confused between the toilet - the actual think you tulip in - and the room. For a moment there I thought you had a toilet made of tiles!

Anyway...if it were me...I'd replace it. Its pretty easy to remove a broken tile. Remove the cement below and replace. Then redo the grout.

If the house was forsale I'd just leave it.