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  1. K

    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.
  2. S

    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...
  3. H

    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?
  4. A

    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?
  5. T

    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...
  6. B

    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...
  7. J

    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...
  8. L

    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...
  9. T

    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...
  10. Susiequ

    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...
  11. H

    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...
  12. M

    Removing sticky sealant residue

    HI guys. Sorry, I know it's a bit of an old chestnut, but wanted opinions on the best remover. My brother helped me out by chipping out all the grout from the vertical corner joints between walls in my bathroom, and then pumping BAL Micromax Silicon in. Made a right pigs ear of it as he didn't...
  13. Furtek

    Removing sealer

    How do I remove contaminants such as existing tile sealers, from existing floor tiles. I want to apply a floor leveller over the top of the existing tiles that need to stay down ideally to help with forming the new levels.
  14. U

    Advice on removing bath trim under tiles

    Hi! I'd really like some professional advice on whether it's possible or not to remove bath trim that has been set in under the lower tile edge without having to remove the tiles. The trim really needs replacing as its had years of mold, paint and silicon added to it (not by me!) but I really...
  15. S

    Removing tile adhesive

    Hi, We found the tiles were leaking in the shower area of our bathroom, it had been a poor job whoever had layed them and water was getting behind them. Weve managed to remove the tiles from the plasterboard without cracking them, they have been tiled using two/three big splodges of adhesive...
  16. L

    Removing old grout

    Have got a job removing old wall tile grout, any tips, the tiles are solid , Regards
  17. kilty55

    removing efforlescence from red bricks

    was hoping someone had some idea how to remove white efforlescence stains froma newly built red brick wall neighbours is the same and has been up for 3 years mine has just been built have to say its a bit unsightly is there somethign i can do to remove it:thumbsup:
  18. D

    removing unwanted substrate

    went to job today and customer has told me that she put p v a on all the walls, already removing paint from plaster wall now i need to get rid of the p v a any hints or tips on removing paint from plaster and p v a from plaster.
  19. A

    Removing grout etc off the surface of quarry tiles

    Hi I am thinking of buying reclaimed blue and red quarry tiles that have already been lifted. From the photograph they look like they have had a floor laid on top of them. If I am able to purchase at a good price how would I clean/restore and would it be worth it? I have several samples of new...
  20. G

    Advice on removing some grout and regrouting to match new grout

    Hi everyone, I've just done a job where I had to match up to some existing tiling which were 10*10 honed travertine tiles. Customer supplied all materials from Fire and Earth as the last time she had the first bit done. Today I grouted but the grout doesn't exactly match. Comes to find out...

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