Taking Up Floor Tiles

Masonry chisel and a 2 lb.

Taking up floor tiles.

After you have chipped away at the tile and mortar cut the old subfloor into small sections with a circular saw equipped with a carbide blade. Pry up the sections with a pry bar. With only 24 hours left until the hardwood floor guys were showing up to install our new floors we rented a cement grinder to get rid of the adhesive on the floor. However if they were set in mortar follow these steps for proper tile flooring removal.

Score the flooring into 6 12 strips. Removing tile from your floor can be done with a few tools and dedicated time. Working in small sections score the flooring into strips about 6 to 12 inches wide. Hit the tile in the center with a hammer.

Work the chisel between the tiles and the concrete hammering them up with a 2 lb. Removing ceramic tiles the easy way using a demolition hammer easy to use and reasonable rental rates make this tool a life saver during light demo work li. How to remove tile. Use a broom or shop vac to pick up all the debris that now litters the room.

Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves. This time we show you the do s and don ts in floor removal plus learn some important installation tips from the mistakes the last installer made. Break up the first tile with a hammer. Start at a broken tile or between tiles where the grout has loosened.

Insert the blade of the scraper under the loosened edge of the flooring and lift up on the handle. Work the chisel under the tiles forcing them loose. If the old tile was laid on underlayment cut through the underlayment and mortar but not the subfloor. If the tiles you re removing were set in mastic and not mortar you re lucky a floor scraper will do the job.

If your linoleum features a tile pattern you can use the. Strike the face of stubborn tiles to break them up for easier removal. An alternative to removing vinyl flooring. I not only looked like a survivor walking out of the ashes of ground zero our house was an absolute mess of dust and all i tasted for a week when i swallowed was tile adhesive.

Finish removing vinyl flooring with some cleanup.