Does anyone know how to fix broken Tile on the Floor? I have two broken tiles in my kitchen. It was my fault. I'm not sure how to correctly dig up the grout and replace them.

I had a small arms fire, umm... incident. I was diggen in the fridge for some nourishment and there was tub in the back I could not identify. So I opened it, and whatever was inside smiled and winked at me. I threw it on the floor and proceeded to smoke its *** right there on the spot with my new Sig. I went outside to see if any of the nieghbors were alarmed at the gunfire inside my domicile. Upon returning to the kitchen I noticed a small blood trail leading to the adjacent tile. It must have been a gut shot. So I smoked its *** again, definately a head shot this time and whatever it was appears to be dead. But now I have two broken tiles and my wife will be home in about 4 hours.

it takes 7 phone books to stop a .30-.30 at 20ft. Just in case you are bored and have a long hallway or something.

 

Easiest and cheapest way it to pry out the old tile buy 2 new ones and a tile "glue" and just glue them in place. Now I want to know what was in your fridge that you had to shoot?

 

That's what I want to know.
From the fridge????
Whoa!

 

Man, I thought everybody knew you aren't suposed to ever open an unidentified container in your refridgerator! There is always a very good reason why it was contained in the first place, (hint: containers are your first line of defense against refridgerator pests - not everyone has fire arms in their home) and one should simply throw away the unidentified thing in it's entirety. Some things just aren't meant to be opened!!

Now about that tile. Get a hammer and chisel and chip the grout enough to remove the damaged tile. Be careful not to chip the undamaged tile - sorry I had to say that to cover my @ss. Take the tile pieces to the tile store and try to find a match. Get some thinset mortar (glue) and more grout. If you have colored grout, bring a piece of that too. Once you glue them into place, you will have to wait an hour or two to grout. When you grout, you will have to wait a few hours to walk on it, and 48 hours to seal it.
Good luck.

While out buying the stuff, swing by the flower shop, and also consider taking your wife out to dinner when she comes home.

 

Tell your wife it had you by the neck up against the wall and you were wrestling for the gun and well...you finger slipped. about 10 times

 

Roger that!!

 

I believe it WAS a frog, lizard, or some kinda amphbious creature. Kinda hard to tell with two Hornady 115grn XTP slugs in it.

Damn kids. Summer project, that was umm...forgotten? And now failed.

I guess I will be on my way to the pet shop also after swinging by the hardware store

Found some tile from when the house was built a couple of years ago, I snagged a stack of it and stashed it in the attic. So now its just a matter of finding the grout. Its colored so I will follow andthensometoo's advice and take a chunk with me.

What a day.

 

 

heh, well the grout is in with the new tiles, got some tips from the guy at Home Depot! Gave me a couple of them + spacers so I think things will work out. Now I just need to get to the pet store....and the flower shop.....

 

did you check the thickness of the new tile versus the old?

 

Same tile, I stole a bunch when they where building the house, just in case....and you know what? Today was one of those just in case things.

 

I would have just put a piece of carpet down

 

So how many tiles does it take to stop a 9mm? - one tile, a tile and subfloor, or is the bullet lodged in the basement?

Now you have to experiment - how much further will your custom loads penatrate compared the Hornadays?

 

Hornady XTP's ARE a custom load. I don't know if you can buy XTP's loaded already, maybe from their custom shop. I dunno I have not purchased bullets for years. XTP's are hollow point bullets. THey do not penetrate as far as round nose bullets do. THey are designed to expand and stop.

I think a russian 7.62x39 bullet fired out of an AK or Chinese SKS will penetrate about as far as you'd want anything to.

Those are damn near armor piercing. And will shred bullet proof vests.

A 115grn Hollow Point 9mm traveling at 1000 fps point doesn't do squat as far as penetration on much of anything but flesh.

A Hollow point 230grn .45 traveling at 800 fps will have better penetration due to the wieght.

You want to penetrate, stick with round nose full metal jacket bullets.

All it did was shatter the tile. Nothing more.

 

me too, and would have suffered the wrath of a sicilian