removing

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...

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...

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

What's the best tool to use to scrape the existing adhesive off. It's years old and stubborn as hell.

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...

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?

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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: