Replacing Broken/Cracked Subway Tile in Shower - DIY Repair
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2020
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Quick repair project that turned out to be a little bit more than simple! I had two broken subway tiles in the shower so in this video I remove the chipped tiles and then replace some drywall and install two new tiles & grout.
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A very realistic video on the challenges of replacing tiles - always some unknown unknowns. Well done.
When you replace drywall in the bathroom the dry wall has to be waterproof.
I just did this today on white subway tiles just like you suggested and it worked perfectly!
Thank you so much for this video.
Great repair!!! Your best vid yet. Nice work on extending the grout past the repair. Good blend.
Great job and way to go with the trouble shooting! Those unexpected things happen to me quite often!!
About to start this exact repair in this exact same tile and grout. Will drill holes first to get the tile out. And protect the surrounding tile with tape. Apparently, they chip easily.
Spraying water on grout removes most of the strength. Just sponge clean..
It’s unfortunate the original installer didn’t use cement board or some wet-rated barrier because this is often why tiles crack due to the expansion/contraction of soft surfaces like drywall. My installer years ago did the same thing and an entire row of tiles cracked down the middle. When I removed them, the drywall behind was in pretty bad shape letting moisture behind the tiles, which inevitably froze in the Chicago winters putting pressure on the tiles.
Nice job.
GREAT JOB.. WAY TO MAKE IT LOOK EASY!!!
Very impressed! I was very nervous when you starting chipping away at that tile lol. But it looks great, couldn’t even tell which was the new tile at the end!
haha! i was nervous, too - believe me
S ofcourse goose bumbs came ya
Nice job
I came by looking for ideas on how to repair my own subway tile shower. I wanted to mention that when you have a drywall hole like that, one option is to fill behind the hole with expanding foam, shave the foam down flat (once it's dry) and then plaster over the newly flat foam area.
Great idea! I’ll remember that for next time
Great job! 👍🏼👍🏼
No waterproof barrier between the tile and the drywall???
Good job🤙🏽
Thanks for that video, that's exactly what I have to do. I don't feel intimated anymore.
Very nice 👍🙂
Great repair. But your contractor put no waterproof sealer on the drywall?? Not good
Filling that small hole in drywall wt thinset would've been absolutely fine and actually stronger than a patch without wood to screw to on all sides.
How has this held up?
To avoid ruining other tiles while removing grout its best to wet the grout and scrape wt a utility knife, especially on tight small grout joints. Water softens the grout,very often an oscillating tools ruins the surrounding tiles.fyi.Using the utility knife after tiles are removed to clean off ALL remaining grout would eliminate the re- Fitting problem.
Also whoever Installed her tile did NOT do it properly. Spot set wt minimal coverage. Structurally weak and hollow spots will cause breakage.
Thanks! They definitely didn’t do it right. You’d think a pro tile installer would know the rules
you didn't say how you supported the small piece of drywall. that is what i am looking for.
I’m using similar tile and started grouting with black grout-
Found I have a couple with micro cracks in the surface that you could not see or feel but the black grout shows the crack!!
Any idea of a white filler that might work?
Ugh that sucks! I read that sugar mixed with water can help removing grout. Not sure if that will work in your case since it’s inside of a crack 😞 Maybe some caulk if it’s some small spots?
You did this wrong from the start.
If you are replacing a tile then you need to replace the ones adjacent as well. Especially below the tile as you more than likely have moisture behind them.
It's also in a shower and shouldn't be drywall behind it
You need to put waterproof membrane on top of the drywall before you tile in wet areas.
How has it held up after this long? I’ve heard not to us Acrylic pro adhesive on showers.
That’s good to know! Honestly it has held up great. Maybe the water doesn’t directly hit that spot for long too often -so that may help. But still looks and works great
@@devitodoes3269 s ofcourse
You paid a professional and that professional tiled over drywall with no water proofing system? In a shower?
I'm at a loss.
Yep this is a brand new house (2 years old). My only guess is maybe the waterproofing is only up to a certain level? Didn’t go up that far? I’ll have to check my pictures from the house progress
It looks kind of like Densshield, which is basically drywall with a waterproof surface already on it.
And that passed inspection?@@devitodoes3269
And.... the niche . . Does it have a real border?
❤ beautiful😘
Carbide blade would probably work better than saw blade for grout removal… and save the saw blade
Should have used Cement board instead of drywall.
Wtf 4:20 ?! Why was there no waterproof membrane or cement board? Or brand name board under the tile?
Let’s great
No waterproofing membrane or backer board WOW!!! Welcome to New home Builders cutting corners
Why waste all that time with new backerboard or waterproofing when the entire wall is not. A properly grouted fix will take her some years until a full reno is required.
Ear protection!
Wow. Someone forgot to a lot of stuff
Drywall in a shower. 🙈
Where is the waterproof membrane lol
That’s how it was installed originally by the builder 🤷🏻♀️ I’m sure it’s not correct -but I wasn’t about to redo the entire shower
@@devitodoes3269 Wow. I hope you took this to your builder or whoever did that shower to begin with because that was not done properly to begin with
@@cgbanny It looks like they used Densshield or similar, which is drywall with a waterproof layer on top. You can see that she ripped off some of that grey waterproof layer when she pulled the tiles off.
It’s there if you look but not on the patch she replaced the hole with
I would never install tile over drywall for a bathroom shower. Proper method is a waterproof membrane over the proper drywall. You are really asking for trouble especially with a drywall repair behind repaired tile. It’s going to likely be a mouldy rotten mess in a couple of years
Go back to your tiler.. they did it all wrong.. backer board, waterproof membrane, redguard, then tile.. no way should u tile on drywall.. even if u waterproof it..its not water resistant.
This is NOT the correct method whatsoever. You NEED to have a waterproof membrane over the drywall and second you do NOT use adhesive in a shower, you use mortar. Adhesive is for a backsplash. I certainly hope this shower has a waterproof membrane or you’re in for a big surprise. You shouldn’t be recommending a process to people without understanding the correct protocol yourself.
Terrible.
Hello, did you put a drywall patch by screwing its one side to just a single stud ?