1. Remove damaged tiles together with tile adhesive (cement under tiles). You may have to break the tile into small pieces and remove it. The biggest problem with this is that you can easily break some of the adjoining tiles. Using a grout saw or other tool, remove the grout from the tile joints surrounding the damaged tile(s). 2  Be careful not to cut through any membrane waterproofing underneath or behind the tiles. 3  Using a masonry bit, drill a hole through the middle of the tiles you need to remove.
Turns out, they do grow well in saline soils, but the nut isn't salty naturally. [Inferred from information from Wikipedia ]. Further, this resource informs that even sweetened varieties can be found, especially when making cakes, which reminds me of eating pistachios in ice creams and nope, they aren't salty.
Pistachios are the seeds of a medium sized tree native to Iran, Syria, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. They are also called the green nut. The trees are slow to mature and are most productive at 20 years old. The trees grow best in desert areas, and tolerate very salty soil.