Retiling concrete floor

[Stevev]

I've been tasked to retile a porch.Its 6ft3by 6ft. It currently has red tiles down under carpet. What's the best way to get them up and what will I need to do before laying new. .. Do I self level? Many thanks

 

[Dumbo]

If the tiles are sound and there are no height issues I would level over the top and then tile .

 

[Stevev]

I won't be able to tile over top as there is a height issue with pipes and the door way tbh

 

[Dumbo]

How thick is your carpet and underlay ?

 

[Stevev]

An inch

 

[Dumbo]

If you are taking of 25mm it should be do able with about 5mm to spare unless your floor has a high point somewhere.

 

[GoneGuy]

If you need to get them up either a sds drill with a chisel attachment and goggles, or hammer and chisel with goggles, get it all up give it a vac prime the floor and self level it. Then you will have a nice flat surface for Tiling

 

[Stevev]

This floor is Rock hard and I'm guessing it's set in concrete and not tile adhesive. I tried chiselling some and it's damn hard. Very difficult to get up... Definitely not ceramic... Any advice please thanks

 

[WetSaw]

Are you just using that bolster?

 

[Dumbo]

Refer to my previous post .