Retile it yourself; tis not rocket science!  Much easier than you think.

Retile it yourself; tis not rocket science!  Much easier than you think.

True. All you really need are the tiles, adhesive/grout and a box of matches/spacers. Use a piece of string and a weight to get a line down the wall and use that to do your tiles from. Needs some cutting at the edges but visit B&Q or somewhere and get an electric tile cutting machine for that.

I have done a few jobs and once you get the hang of it then its easy - just dont use too little adhesive.

If you dont mind damaging the wall then its possible to dig behind the tile, into the plaster, to remove a single line of tiles. Then clean the back off and re-plaster the bit that is damaged once the pipes are in. At that point its just sticking the tiles you have removed back on!

It is easier to remove tiles from plasterboard but then again the board is going to be badly damaged and a little more difficult to repair successfully later.

Dont fancy taking the tiles off really serious, as my mate who tiles for a job said its likely the tiles will get damaged.



crazylegs, its the top floor flat, all on one floor. Ill be running the cable, but my boss at work will be connecting it as he has his part p...and is an electrician. But he CBA looking at it for me for free as hes so busy.

The consumer unit is in the hall way, right near the roof, so Id come out the top of there, in to the roof void/loft, as thats where the current cables run now for the lighting etc. Then along the void, through the roof in the bathroom, and run it in trunking to the shower. Shame for the water supply id imagine as well, as there are pipes up there...........not sure on that yet though as I havent had chance to properly look yet, as its not currently my flat, but should be soon.

Hope that makes sense.