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    Removing tiles

    I've been asked to quote for the removal of 80m2 of 600x600 porcelain tiles due to a dispute surrounding faulty tiles with the supplier and customer. I've removed plenty of individual tiles with an sds and chisel but wondered if anyone has done a large area like this? Most of the powered...
    • Aspect Tiling
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    • aus removing rip out tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Advice needed - removing tiles from backer board after bad job

    Hi guys, After spending time carefully prepping a small ensuite with backer board, a local tiler (pro - not just a jack of all trades) has done a good job on the walls but has messed up the floor. The narrow walls are plumb straight, but the back wall is not. For some reason the tiler has used...
    • gmt1981
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    • advice aus backer board bad bad job board find a tiler job jobs needed removing tile tile backerboard tiles tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Removing Over Tiling

    Hello, We have a 1920's tiled fireplace which at some point as been over-tiled with mosaics. We want to expose the originals which has some particularly nice curved glazed tiles, but are struggling to remove the mosaics, and have in a couple of places damaged the original tiles where the...
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    Tile removing kit hire advice

    Hi, I have removed the floor tiles from my kitchen floor but need to get the adhesive type cement up. Ive used a sds drill with chisel attachment to get the tiles up but the cement is not so easy. I was thinking of hiring a machine from HSS Hire advertised as ''floor tile removal kit and just...
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    Conrete floor with black rubber/glue after removing pvc tiles.

    Hi all, I'm fitting kitchen and customer asked me to lay tiles on the floor just in the middle (less then 5 m2). I removed old pvc tiles and now I've got concrete covered with black rubber/glue (not sure what it is exactly). How should I prepare this concrete before laying new tiles ? Thanks...
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    Removing and replacing the dame tile.

    Hi, I recently moved in with my gf and started working to renovate the house. The eventual plan in a few years is to put in a new kitchen. Trouble is at the moment there is some loose tiles that are patterned and I don't think I could find matching ones. Therefore I'm wondering the best way...
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    removing swimming pool tiles

    Just waiting to start a big pool renovation at a school, the first job is to remove the old tiles, they have been on since the 1970's, and we want to do it carefully so we don't damage the substrate to much , we will be using breakers, do you guys have any recommendations ? for tools to fit in...
    • Diamond Pool Finishers
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    • aus pool removing swimming swimming pool tanking tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Removing Dry Tubbed Addy

    Hi All Whats the best way to get it off, does using a wall paper stripper work, if not what's the best way? Cheers...
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    Removing wall paper paste

    Any tips for the above , I've scored the walls but their is still stubborn paste left , I shall be using acry primer!!
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    Removing adhesive from walls

    What's the best tool to use to scrape the existing adhesive off. It's years old and stubborn as hell.
    • Kyle87
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    • adhesive aus removing tile adhesive usa wall walls
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    what are the chances of my ufh getting damaged removing tiles

    ive had my bathroom tiled really badly and im going to have it all removed and restarted :-( what are the chances of getting the tiles up with flexi floor adhesive without damaging my heating mats, what is the best way to remove them causing as little damage as possible, ive been told soaking...
    • sparkle333
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    • aus damaged removing tile tiles ufh usa what
    • Replies: 51
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing rapid set from tile

    Can anyone recommend an easy methods method of removing rapid set adhesive from the back of a porcelain tile? Can I soak it or does it have to be sanded or ground off?
    • Hlm
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    • aus rapid rapid set removing set tile tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing grout from porcelain

    Woman i'm currently working for has tiled her own wetroom with a sort of stepped face porcelain tile but she didn't wash the grout off after she finished and is now well stuck to the tile face. Shes tried grout residue remover but it didn't help much. Any other ideas?
    • AMtek
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    • aus grout porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles removing tile grout usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing edge tiles with UFH

    Looked at a job where I'd need to remove some broken tiles at the edge of an existing floor. The tiles are 300mm x 300mm limestone and 10mm thick. On 3-5mm of adhesive with loose wire UFH in the adhesive. On concrete. So what's the best / safest way to remove the partial / edge tiles without...
    • Timo
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    • aus edge removing tile tiles ufh usa
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing drip stains from marble

    I'm not 100% sure what the drips are, but wax-off isn't shifting them. My thoughts are that it is sealer, that's been dripped and not cleaned off. My main concern, if this is the case, is that the sealer initially used wasn't for stone... It was a porcelain sealer, and I have no idea what that...
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    Help - Removing a single tile

    Hi All, Still tiling the bathroom... Anyway, I have a single tile that I want to remove as the gap between the top of the tile is far larger than all the others, I didn't notice it initially but now it's bugging me and want to remove it and replace it before I grout. The tile is on the top...
    • jond500
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    • aus help removing tile usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing plaster from internal wall to re-board

    Hello all, I'm redoing the bathroom and will be using quite a large tile (400x300) on all walls. Two internal walls are plastered and are nowhere near flat, so to save me some pain later on I think it's best it comes off to be boarded to give me a nice flat surface to tile on and extra...
    • lasors
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    • aus internal plaster removing usa wall
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    HELP Please! Removing old heavy quarry tiles from a solid wall

    Hi, Firstly apologies because this post is going to be incredibly girly and I don't know anything about DIY but... I have ended up with a house that is a project (don't ask how) and I'm spending thin air so I'm trying to do as much as possible myself (keep in mind I've never even hing a...
    • TileNovice
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    • aus help old please quarry removing tile tiles usa wall
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Removing paint from walls

    I do not like tiling over paint even if it is well sanded. I prefer to remove it. I have found that using a steamer softens the paint so it can be scraped off quite easily. BUT you must NOT hold the steamer over the paint for more than a few seconds, keep it moving and just do a small area at a...
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    removing tiles

    Hello. I have to fit plaster boards and plaster ceiling at friends house but he has already tiled up to the shot ceiling. The tiles are the 3d white brick type that are not flat so impossible to plaster up to so I think that the best way is to remove the last row of tiles near the ceiling. Can...
    • happy dave
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    • aus removing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice

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