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melissabell
24-06-2011, 12:57 PM
Hi,

I've gone completely mad since I did my first splash back..........I've ripped out all the tiles on the walls of my main bathroom!!!! I hated them as they were blue mosaic and that just reminded me of a public swimming pool. I got enough tiles to do it for €20. on adverts.ie. It's still a work in progress so I'll update later. I got some good advise from some friends and my brother in law, and he also loaned me a tile cutter :)

Before is the blue tiles after is the white ones

kiwicooke
24-06-2011, 01:24 PM
LOL @ public swimming pool :)

Looks fab now and it will be even better when it is completed, job well done fair play! :o)

Linn
24-06-2011, 01:39 PM
Go Girl Power, u are doing a great job.

shonastar
24-06-2011, 03:43 PM
Well done! Doesn't it feel brilliant to do-it-yourself?! Shonastar x

tudlytops
24-06-2011, 04:12 PM
Told you its a bug lol

Well done...:)

melissabell
24-06-2011, 05:36 PM
Thanks a mil :), just spent most of today scrubbing off excess grout, my hands hurt lol but only a little bit more tiling to go. I've redone the whole bathroom, can't wait till it's finished :)

sparkwell
25-06-2011, 09:13 PM
Well done Melissabell you've done a great job, I did a splashback in the kitchen behind the cooker and its a great sense of achievement to look at. You've saved yourself a fortune too!

noahboah
26-06-2011, 09:43 AM
Job well done.Looks fantastic.U want to come and do mine lol.Its the only room that we have not touched and I hate our bathroom.

Maybe I might be brave enough to have a go sometime soon

melissabell
26-06-2011, 06:11 PM
Do, it's easier then it seems and get advise before you start, I learned loads from different people :)

melissabell
12-07-2011, 04:38 PM
Right I've finished the tiling!!! I'm going to buy a couple of tile decals to break up the white. I've repainted the whole room which was totally white and very grubby. The door was painted in a fake wood effect. My bathroom accessories were silver and I've spray painted them to match.

Next on the agenda is getting the tile decals, new shower door, re-tiling the floor which I'm going to attempt and making a new bath panel/ under sink cabinet and mirror out of an old hall stand my mum has rotting away in the shed.............

Gormal
12-07-2011, 05:54 PM
Brilliant, looks great now that it's painted.

melissabell
25-07-2011, 04:34 PM
I got cheap floor tiles so I'm away again lol

Laineym
25-07-2011, 04:38 PM
I can't believe you never tiled before - that looks amazing !!!

sparkwell
26-07-2011, 07:54 PM
You have done a really good job there Melissa you should be dead proud!

dfbemt
27-07-2011, 09:57 AM
Well done and a great job.

Looking at your wall accessories made me feel annoyed about some items that I had given away previously. Lack of vision on my part, GGGRRRRRR

Will you tile around or under the toilet? Under looks best but I have always gone around.

melissabell
27-07-2011, 11:42 AM
Well done and a great job.

Looking at your wall accessories made me feel annoyed about some items that I had given away previously. Lack of vision on my part, GGGRRRRRR

Will you tile around or under the toilet? Under looks best but I have always gone around.


We're going to get advice from my other halfs grandfather about removing the toilet to tile under it, Fingers crossed ;)

melissabell
30-09-2011, 02:28 PM
Well, I've finally finished the whole bathroom, except eventually I need new taps and I'm going to get my Brother in law to help me build a unit for under the sink :)
I removed the toilet which was easier than I thought it would be, not the most pleasant experience ever but do-able :) When I'd finished the floor I ordered tile decals to tie the room together better from Ebay total for them was less than €15 and they're very hard wearing.

shonastar
30-09-2011, 10:05 PM
Hi Melissabell, it looks amazing, well done you! The tiling is fantastic, I would never have believed it was your first time, you must be thrilled with your new look bathroom, best regards, Shonastar x

TickTock
01-10-2011, 06:34 PM
The bathroom looks great! No stoppin' you now!

Herodius
11-12-2011, 02:02 PM
Hi Melissabel, I'm looking at your bathroom in admiration! I love your colours too. I want to remove the tiles from my bathroom, but everyone said it'd be really difficult to get the glue off. They probably date from the 70s or 80s, one partitiion wall and two external walls. Just wondering what your opinion is. I was told I'd have to take the plasterboard off and replace before tiling on top of it. Many thanks
H

melissabell
11-12-2011, 08:56 PM
Hi Melissabel, I'm looking at your bathroom in admiration! I love your colours too. I want to remove the tiles from my bathroom, but everyone said it'd be really difficult to get the glue off. They probably date from the 70s or 80s, one partitiion wall and two external walls. Just wondering what your opinion is. I was told I'd have to take the plasterboard off and replace before tiling on top of it. Many thanks
H

Well if you try a bit and see, mine weren't done very well to begin with . I used a wallpaper scraper and a hammer to get them off, but definitely put some old blankets etc down before you start popping them off as falling tiles mark and chip your bath or shower tray, I learned the hard way :(
Also definitely wear goggles as bits of sharp porcelain fly off and the last thing you want is to get that in your eye!!!

The grout came off easy enough but mind your hands I've ended up with more than a few grazed knuckles.
I just took tiles off my other shower and the adhesive was more difficult to remove especially on one wall. I've levelled it as much as I can so I'll just have to lose a few millimetres on that wall. I didn't do damaged to the plaster board except the odd nick etc but you can fill that. Try a couple of tiles and see, sometimes they all come away from the wall in one go lol.

If you make a hole fill it, I wouldn't really worry too much, if I can do it anyone can :)

mondubics
11-12-2011, 11:33 PM
Well, I've finally finished the whole bathroom, except eventually I need new taps ....
Well done - you seem to have covered everything! Can I suggest that if you are replacing the taps, to consider lever taps instead of turning ones? I did that a few years ago, and now that I have arthritis in my thumbs, I'm so glad I did. (lever sideways, or up and down).

Herodius
12-12-2011, 08:24 AM
if I can do it anyone can :)

>cough!<

Thanks so much for your reply, it has made me feel a lot less apprehensive about undertaking this. :D

About taps - I suppose it's too late, but I can't understand why everyone doesn't put in mixer taps from the beginning. But I agree about the levers.