Help Removing Old Tiles

[bumblefoot]

Any advice on removing difficult tiles welcome. I've got about one third of the old tiles off in my bathroom which have been there since the house was built in the sixties. Some came off relatively easy with a hammer a brick chisel but others just wont budge. I bought an sds drill and tile chisel but it doesn't do any good. It just crumbles the surface away and the bottom stays stuck like it's fused to the layer below. The tiles seem to be on about one inch of cement over a breeze block. I'm at the end of my tether. Red lots of ideas and watched loads of youtube videos but nothing works.

 

[Mark Frost]

its basically render what they are stuck to.. sand and cement.. once you get behind it, it tends to come off easier.. just keep on plugging away with the sds. If one of the other lads know an easier way then cool. If not good luck and keep on going.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

My uncle suggested elbow grease and I asked him where I could buy some!!

 

[bumblefoot]

thanks for the replies. My elbow's all out of grease.. Do you mean I should try going right back to the breeze block if that's what it is?

 

[Mark Frost]

thanks for the replies. My elbow's all out of grease.. Do you mean I should try going right back to the breeze block if that's what it is?View attachment 91789

yes i would then plasterboard the breeze block so much easier.

 

[Italy]

My uncle suggested elbow grease and I asked him where I could buy some!!

Even my uncle.

 

[bumblefoot]

Many thanks for the quick reply and encouragement. I'll give it a go. Not my first time removing tiles but never found it so difficult before...

 

[kevsalt]

dynamite always works for me ...very quick solution

 

[On one]

thanks for the replies. My elbow's all out of grease.. Do you mean I should try going right back to the breeze block if that's what it is?View attachment 91789

Jesus!
Whoever put those tiles on, wasn't messing about.

 

[On one]

dynamite always works for me ...very quick solution

I think dynamite is about right, looking at the pics