Taking Up Floor Tiles

Removing tile from your floor can be done with a few tools and dedicated time.

Taking up floor tiles.

If the old tile was laid on underlayment cut through the underlayment and mortar but not the subfloor. Score the flooring into 6 12 strips. I not only looked like a survivor walking out of the ashes of ground zero our house was an absolute mess of dust and all i tasted for a week when i swallowed was tile adhesive. Working in small sections score the flooring into strips about 6 to 12 inches wide.

This time we show you the do s and don ts in floor removal plus learn some important installation tips from the mistakes the last installer made. Break up the first tile with a hammer. Work the chisel between the tiles and the concrete hammering them up with a 2 lb. An alternative to removing vinyl flooring.

Strike the face of stubborn tiles to break them up for easier removal. Use a 3 4 or 1 in. Finish removing vinyl flooring with some cleanup. Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves.

If the tiles you re removing were set in mastic and not mortar you re lucky a floor scraper will do the job. Pry up the sections with a pry bar. Insert the blade of the scraper under the loosened edge of the flooring and lift up on the handle. However if they were set in mortar follow these steps for proper tile flooring removal.

Start at a broken tile or between tiles where the grout has loosened. With only 24 hours left until the hardwood floor guys were showing up to install our new floors we rented a cement grinder to get rid of the adhesive on the floor. Work the chisel under the tiles forcing them loose. After you have chipped away at the tile and mortar cut the old subfloor into small sections with a circular saw equipped with a carbide blade.

If your linoleum features a tile pattern you can use the. Removing ceramic tiles the easy way using a demolition hammer easy to use and reasonable rental rates make this tool a life saver during light demo work li. Hit the tile in the center with a hammer. How to remove tile.

Masonry chisel and a 2 lb.