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Can anyone suggest a method of removing old tiles without destroying the wall behind? My kitchen has these pretend mosaic tiles that are actually about 8 inches square and about 8mm thick.

I've made a start but, so far, my efforts have resulted in one rather large hole in the plaster and one dead tile drill-bit!

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CluelessBOB wrote:
Can anyone suggest a method of removing old tiles without destroying
the wall behind? My kitchen has these pretend mosaic tiles that are
actually about 8 inches square and about 8mm thick.

I've made a start but, so far, my efforts have resulted in one rather
large hole in the plaster and one dead tile drill-bit!


Rake the grout out around them and try steaming them off with a wallpaper
steamer?

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite


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tile over them instead ? :-)
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tile over them instead ? :-)
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Tempting but a no-go. Would look a little odd in this particular situation.

Cheers for the thoughts though!
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