You Can Do Ceramic Tile Repair With The Right Tools

Ceramic tile repair will be needed for several different kinds of damage. Whatever the damage, remember that when a tile surface is handled after initial installation all the tile is in one piece. The grout binds all the pieces together so all the pieces act as one piece. If you pound on one piece, all the surrounding pieces are affected too.

Especially when replacing a ceramic tile, you should isolate the tile to be removed by sawing through the grout line around the tile. Get the tile you will hammer on away from the adjoining tile pieces. We have an article just about replacing an individual tile.

Drilling ceramic tile is similar. You must protect the surfaces around the drill site by masking the surfaces and drilling a pilot hole. A drill walking all over a beautiful piece of tile is not a good thing. The drilling ceramic tile article gives the details.

Another common ceramic tile repair challenge is the leaky shower. If you can determine why a shower is leaking you have a better chance to fix the problem at minimum cost. Many times the grout has cracked in a corner and water is running outside the waterproof pan. Sealing the corner with caulk will stop the leak and the water soaked areas will dry with no problem. Of course, a leak if it continues will cause extensive rotting. Another approach is injection of epoxy to stop a leak. See our article for more details.

Worst case is the shower pan must be replaced which is a pretty big project, but one that many handy people complete.

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