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Essex Big AL
Hi guys, i'm new here , but looks like a good forum.
Doing a bathroom refurb job for a friend of the family. The property is circa late 30's I'm guessing. Been removing existing tiles but found that a 2nd layer of original tiles on cement are underneath.
Taken me 2 days so far to get the half tiled walls stripped back. Even tried my small electric breaker , but lump hammer & bolster seems the only way & even this is causing some quite serious damage.
Really slow progress.
The back wall of the bathroom is fully tiled & I have removed the first layer of tiles fairly easily, tried in 2 / 3 different places to get the originals off .but it is gonna be the job from hell.
The original tiles are 15cm x 15 cm & seem very flat very flat so can i tile over these again if i use some sort of primer or something. Or can I just go straight onto them as was previously done.
I would not normally even think about tiling on tile normally, but this job is a nightmare as I am causing damage to the walls by trying to get these off.
There is no loose or blown tiles on this wall anywhere ,they are very very secure,.
Thanks in advance for any advice I might recieve. Regards, Al
Doing a bathroom refurb job for a friend of the family. The property is circa late 30's I'm guessing. Been removing existing tiles but found that a 2nd layer of original tiles on cement are underneath.
Taken me 2 days so far to get the half tiled walls stripped back. Even tried my small electric breaker , but lump hammer & bolster seems the only way & even this is causing some quite serious damage.
Really slow progress.
The back wall of the bathroom is fully tiled & I have removed the first layer of tiles fairly easily, tried in 2 / 3 different places to get the originals off .but it is gonna be the job from hell.
The original tiles are 15cm x 15 cm & seem very flat very flat so can i tile over these again if i use some sort of primer or something. Or can I just go straight onto them as was previously done.
I would not normally even think about tiling on tile normally, but this job is a nightmare as I am causing damage to the walls by trying to get these off.
There is no loose or blown tiles on this wall anywhere ,they are very very secure,.
Thanks in advance for any advice I might recieve. Regards, Al