beckyst.j
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Hi! We have just had a ceramic floor laid, and one of the tiles is chipped. The tiler does not know how to get it out without chipping tiles around it (the tiles are very soft
and the grout is very hard!), and does not know how to fix it. 
Firstly, can you tell me the best way to get a single floor tile out? Secondly, is it possible to repair a chipped floor tile, and if so, what with? (It is a white/beige/cream marble
effect on a white biscuit base.)
By the way, we fitted our own carcasses using the instructions on your site – they look brilliant, thank you!
Best regards,
Becky
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timfoley
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Hi Becky and welcome to the forum.
To remove the tile I would suggest working from it’s centre outwards using a straight brick chisel to break ito the centre and a flat chisel to remove the tile and adhesive
thereafter.
To my knowledge there is no effective repair you can make to a chipped tile as it will be subject to more wear than other reparable surfaces and in any case it should prove an easy
task to replace.
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miles
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I would do it how Tim has advised.
I hope your floor looks ok, because if your tiler does not know how to remove a single tile, then he is certainly not a tiler. More someone who takes chances to get work!!
If you have floorboards in your kitchen it would be interesting to know if he laid plywood over your floor first. Or, even better, installed a special matting prior to tiling?
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beckyst.j
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Thank you very much for your advice. My husband wondered whether stitch
drilling the tile all round, close to the edge, would help by taking the pressure off the next-door tiles when chiseling?
I don’t know about the tiler’s background, but he was recommended by our local tile shop, and apart from the chipped tile, the floor looks absolutely fabulous. It’s just the one
tile that is the problem! He initially said that he had left it in due to lack of a replacement, and it should be an easy job to get out. It was only on return that he seemed to
realise that the hardness of the grout and the softness of the tile would be a problem. Don’t worry, we are holding him totally accountable for laying it in the first place!
It is laid on top of the old tiles, and they are on top of concrete, so I can’t comment about floorboards and matting etc.
Becky
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