Tile Replacement in Bishopsworth, Bristol

Tile replacement in Bishopsworth, Bristol. Cracked, loose or hollow sounding tiles taken out and replaced without redoing the whole wall or floor, in bathrooms, kitchens and hallways across Bristol.

Replacing a Few Cracked Tiles

One or two damaged tiles rarely means retiling a room. The broken tile is scored, broken out in pieces and the old adhesive cleaned off the wall behind, then a new tile is bedded to sit level with its neighbours. Grouted and left to set, it becomes hard to spot.

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Matching Old Tiles

Matching is the hard part, not the fitting. If you have spares from the original job, keep them. If not, we can often find a close match by size and shade, though older tiles can be discontinued. Where nothing matches, a deliberate contrast tile in a recess can work better than a near miss.

Lifting Tiles Without Damaging the Wall

Levering a tile off usually takes a chunk of plasterboard with it. The safer way is cutting through the grout lines first to free the edges, then breaking the tile inwards from the middle. It takes longer but it leaves the surrounding tiles and the wall behind intact.

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Tile replacement is a small job we are happy to take on, and one many tilers turn down. It is often what brings a customer to us first, and a good share of our larger Bristol work has started with a couple of cracked tiles in a bathroom. Fifteen years of tiling makes the matching easier.

  • 15 years plastering and tiling in Bristol

  • Venetian plastering specialist

  • Free, no obligation quotes

  • Open 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday

  • Plastering and tiling under one trade

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can one cracked tile be replaced without retiling the wall?

Yes, in most cases. A single tile can be cut out and replaced without disturbing the ones around it, as long as we can free the grout lines first. The main limit is finding a matching tile, so it is always worth checking whether any spares were left after the original job.

Why do tiles crack or come loose?

Usually movement underneath, or adhesive that was spread too thinly when they were fixed. A tile with a gap behind it has nothing supporting the middle, so it cracks when something knocks it. On floors it is often flex in the boards below rather than the tile itself.

Do you take on small tiling jobs in Bristol?

Yes. Replacing a handful of tiles, sorting a loose splashback or fixing one section of floor are all jobs we will come out for. Call and describe what has happened and we will tell you whether it is a quick visit or something that needs looking at first.

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