Removing Floor tiles

briancarr82

Hi All, getting kitchen floor re-tiled, looking to remove old floor tiles. Have a mallet and masonry chisel as well as a crow bar. Is this is best way to go about it? Not a huge area as part of floor was timber.

Any tips?

PK27

Hammer and chisel will work but it's not easy! Ideally I'd get a kango to them, with an angled bit so it chisels straight with the kango at 45 degrees. Either way the tiles should come up easy, it's the adhesive that's the killer. I wouldn't even bother on that without a kango, and even with it it's gonna take time.
One option is just to take up the tiles and then level over the adhesive with self leveler, but get the two part flexible one if some of the floor is wood. Make sure the wooden part is overlayed with either wbp or Malaysian plywood and screwed every 4 inches. Then level over the whole floor, this will give you a nice finish to retile also.

briancarr82

cheers PK27 i dpn't think using a Kango is going to be an option. I'll be going with the hammer and chisel option i think

King Mallie

briancarr82 wrote: »

cheers PK27 i dpn't think using a Kango is going to be an option. I'll be going with the hammer and chisel option i think

Floor scraper is brilliant for removing the adhesive. Think it would cost €40 in hardware shop. Save the knees and back

DublinDilbert

Sds drill with a 2 inch chisel bit will do the job.

Failing that pick up a 4 inch brick bolster and a small lump hammer

moonshadow

And for goodness sake please use goggles and gloves at a minimum , the shards are lethal.

stoneill

A good bolster chisel with hand guard.
The first tile is the hardest - after that you can get right under the tiles.

stoneill

A good bolster chisel with hand guard.
The first tile is the hardest - after that you can get right under the tiles.

briancarr82

managed to get hands on a kango for the eve with the flat bit. Tiles coming up no problem with chisel it's the adhesive that's the problem

iano.p

Done a hall today 4 inch bolster hammer and an hour later tiles and adhesive up. The kangoo at times tears lumps out of the floor

briancarr82

got it done yesterday with kango. tough job but a lot quicker than the chisel and mallet route!