removal

Hi guys, Whats the best thing to use to get emulsion paint off plasterboard? Thanks in advance.

Im in the process of removing all of the wall tiles from my ensuite and have a few questions. Most of the tiles are coming off of the solid walls just fine, but some are taking off the plaster with them leaving the bare sand cement underneath! :mad2: I am going to fit travertine tiles and...

I have removed my old bathroom suite and all tiles from the (partly) tiled walls and am left with some damged plasterboard and some that has been partially skimmed (where there were no tiles) I'd appreciate any advice on the following: How difficult will it be to remove the plasterboard that has...

I have recently taken up my lounge carpet to find old stone flags, I was going to concrete over them so the floor would be level for new carpet but my fitter mentioned they are worth a lot of money? He said there are companies who come and dig them out for you then "pump" in a concrete filler on...

getting a lot of requests for regrouting and repair jobs at the moment people trying to save money instead of forking out for tiling and was thinking of buying the fein multi tool from tradetiler to make life easier which tool do you use for those sorts of jobs is it money well spent at £178...

Hi guys, I got a heap of silicon to remove and just wanting to know if anybody had any new or good ideas on getting rid of it?? I have heard that the Fein is good, however I don't want to damage the bath. Any new ideas out there???

hi i have been looking at a tool for raking out grout ,floor and walls .just wondered if the fein is as good as they say,or if there are tools just as good, thanx

Evening folks! Joined the forum today and here is the first question! Doing my first "job" for a friend - re-tiling a shower room. The shower unit is not being changed. I just need to safely remove it for tiling, then get it hooked back up again afterwards - which I have never done. Is...

Hi folks wondered if you can help..I'm laying an undertile heating system (loose wire) to an upstairs cloakroom toilet. I've taken the old tiles up and there is 22mm ply screwed down as my sub floor. Before laying the insulation board (4mm or 10mm?) should i need to try to take off all the old...

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Re: Radiator Removal permalink -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ok lads been having computer problems and could not post on the forum anyway, if you go on to youtube and type in radtubeclamp there is a 9 min video on how to remove a...

Having read a few threads in the past regarding removal & re-installing of radiators before tiling, I am considering drafting a step-by-step guide inc. pics, for other members. Just want to see are there enough members needing this info, to warrant the effort ?

Hi. Just finishing installing Spanish tiles with uneven, non-glazed surfaces. Normal grout removal with float left grout in the little recesses, some of which has now dried. It is a lot of work removing with water and Brillo pads. Someone has suggested using nail polish remover to soften the...

My husband has just grouted our new ceramic kitchen wall tiles using Mapei Ultracolour Plus grout. Unfortunately he didn't remove the excess grout quickly enough, and we are now left with lots of tiles with grout deposits on them. He has tried scraping it away, using a wallpaper steamer and...

I have been onto an American forum for cleaning tiles and on there they say they use a circular rip saw and they change the blade and use it for removing grout from floors...Hope they havent got underfloor heating..:lol:

I layed some travertine tiles for a customer and the plumber has scratched them installing the toilet. I have tried to remove the scratches with colour inharncer but they come back. I don't want to remove the tiles because the toilet is sitting on them. I would be grateful if some can suggest...

Guys Another wee problem and hope someone has a solution for me. Have recently finished en-suite in my own house (thankfully this hasn't happened with a customers tiles!) and had used the washboy to go over the grout - so far so good! Unfortunately before I got finally finished I had...

Hello all, just back from Florida this week(great holiday), as usual the work has piled up me,pressure,pressure,pressure.! Anyway i'm in need of a SDS PLUS rotary stop drill with one of them good tile removal chisels,3 jobs coming up with removal included! I would appreciate comments on what to...

Edit: 10/2009: Checkout the Fein Multimaster I was wondering if anyone has ever come up with an efficient way of removing grout other than the normal Fein, Dremel or Angle Grinder etc. I have recently quoted a job of 620M2 and I need to remove all the grout as well:mad2: Kev

Hi folks can anyone recommend an easy method of removing a nasty surface scratch to a couple of tiles. I was just raking out a bit of grout with one of those grout removal tools, when I slipped and put a 12" curved black scratch over 2 cream tiles - I can't be the only one who has done it...