Removing floor tiles

[NW tiler]

Just had a day of removing tiles.

Kitchen wall was dead easy, tiles came off no problem revealing perfect, smooth plaster underneath. The adhesive hadn't stuck to the plaster so I assume the previous tiler hadn't primed the wall.

The floor was a different matter. Used my sds hammer drill to take up 25m2 of floor tiles, took about 2 hours, the customer thankfully took them all to the tip. Now the tiles are up the adhesive is proving nearly impossible to get up. The original floor was concrete. My hammer drill has overheated so I can't use that, tried a scraper with a 1ft handle which is working to a degree, I managed to get up about 10cm2 in 10 minutes! :mad2:

Is there a quicker way to get the adhesive up? I can't use self leveling concrete because there are two UPVC doors which are already low to the floor. How much of the adhesive has got to come up, just the ridges?

Any ideas?

 

[Raja]

Been there many times my self

Always end up on hands and knees using a scraper

Believe it or not this thing i got from Topps last year called THE MUTT
is the dogs dangley bits



Paid about £16 trade price for it give good leverage when removing stubborn adhesive lumps

IT is just a big flat heavy duty scraper not tilted as in picture.

All the best Raja

 

[NW tiler]

Cheers Raja, I'll give it a go. Will it be good enough to remove all the adhesive over 25m2 or is it just ok for the odd small lump?

 

[Raja]

Cheers Raja, I'll give it a go. Will it be good enough to remove all the adhesive over 25m2 or is it just ok for the odd small lump?

Have used it many times over many large areas seems to go on and on

Removes a large majority of it not just the odd lump

Makes life alot easier a man can stand up right and use it like a brush

Give it a go

All the best

 

[LM Ceramics]

get a kangoo drill on it haha :lol:

 

[sean384]

Gunlach scraper also very good, blade very sharp so take care

 

[NW tiler]

Cheers lads, will have a go tomorrow.