Redo Shower Wall Cut Out Tile And Sheetrock

How to remove ceramic wall tile without damaging drywall.

Redo shower wall cut out tile and sheetrock.

Use a tile cutter to just score the length of the tile and press firmly to cut. Cut through the tile using an angle grinder. Mark the center of the area you want to cut the tile with a grease pencil. Always remove the side walls first then the back.

You want to repair four 6 6 tiles. Ceramic wall tiles provide an easy to clean surface for kitchen backsplashes and bathroom walls. So you need to carefully remove enough damaged tile so that you have a rectangle that you can repair. Cut out the drywall.

Once this damaged drywall is removed mark straight cutting lines on the remaining intact drywall. Make multiple passes with the blade if needed to cut through the tile and to the subsurface. Cut along this marked line with a utility knife or wallboard saw and remove the drywall. Here s the tricky part.

Use spacers between the tile to make sure the gaps are consistent. Leave some of the old drywall exposed where it will meet the new backerboard. What you need to do is to create a square or rectangle in the tile. This is the case so much of the time that when people tell me on the phone that they have tiles they can push in with their hands in the shower or that the tiles are falling off the wall or seem squishy i immediately get the image.

These seemed to be where the original drywaller rested the old drywall to nail it in creating a small gap above the tub and wall this gap is later covered up by the first row of tile but its function is to help prevent water from wicking up the drywall from the lip and corners of the tub. Use tile nippers or a hole saw designed for tile to cut curves. Soft damaged drywall can usually be simply broken off by hand. Spray water onto the tile when needed to keep the surface wet.

There needs to be 1 inch of cement board around the perimeter of the tile. To remove tiles that won t budge reach into the wall and use a utility knife to score the drywall from behind. Then pull the tile and small squares of drywall out together. Just grab and peel the wall out of the corner it ll come right off.

Since they are available in a wide. Start at one end of the cut line and run the blade along the tile surface to the other end. Pour cooling oil over the tile where the cut will be made. Use bullnose for exposed edges or you can use trim pieces.

With tiles removed you should see exposed drywall. By far the most common problem i have encountered has been tile installed over drywall in shower wet areas. Take your hammer and bust out a vertical line of tiles in the middle of the wall so you can get your crowbar behind it. Drop those pieces into a bucket of hot water to separate the gypsum backing from the tiles.