The plumber fixed a leak in the separation wall between my bathroom and kitchen a while ago.
To do this he had to cut away at a tile in the bathroom and dig out a bit of the wall to see the problem and to be able to use the cutters.
This has left me with an job to do to close the hole and tidy things up.
He told me to use plaster to fill out the hole as it was lime in the cement in the part of the wall near the pipes that had eroded the pipe in question and caused it to leak.
How should I fix the rest of the damaged area?
I don't want to replace the tile as don't have spare handy and would need to cut it again anyway to let the pipes pass.
Only as small portion of the missing area of tiling will show when i replace the boxing over the pipes. Most of the tile rests on brickwork.
What would be the customary way of dealing with this?
(I have kept the bits of tile that the plumber broke off)
Smooth broken edge of tile and fill missing area with plaster?
What would you suggest to a time-pressed householder?
To do this he had to cut away at a tile in the bathroom and dig out a bit of the wall to see the problem and to be able to use the cutters.
This has left me with an job to do to close the hole and tidy things up.
He told me to use plaster to fill out the hole as it was lime in the cement in the part of the wall near the pipes that had eroded the pipe in question and caused it to leak.
How should I fix the rest of the damaged area?
I don't want to replace the tile as don't have spare handy and would need to cut it again anyway to let the pipes pass.
Only as small portion of the missing area of tiling will show when i replace the boxing over the pipes. Most of the tile rests on brickwork.
What would be the customary way of dealing with this?
(I have kept the bits of tile that the plumber broke off)
Smooth broken edge of tile and fill missing area with plaster?
What would you suggest to a time-pressed householder?