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01-17-2007, 09:38 PM
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ceramic tile tearout
I am bidding on a commercial job were we have to tear out 4x4 tile on concrete set in thinset what would anyone recommend..
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01-17-2007, 10:22 PM
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How are you tearing it out? I hope with some kind of power tools. I get about $1.25 here. Extra if I have to haul it off.
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01-17-2007, 11:25 PM
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Chief Toilet Mover
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Recomend as far as tools?
We always use an air hammer, a lot of guys like to use a rotary hammer drill, but what I like about an air hammer is it is light weight and you can get it real close to the ground to get a good angle of attack. Residential tile it just pops them off. Commericial I have no experience with.
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01-19-2007, 08:00 PM
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I have always used a rotary hammer cause that is what I have. I can see where an air hammer would be great. Either way if you have one guy on the chipper and a guy or 2 cleaning you can tear some tile out in a hurry. The bigger the job the bigger the hammer. If its a really big job they even have a tearout machine that you ride on.
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01-19-2007, 08:05 PM
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Pro
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Air hammer with a 2" blade ATW. Like Mike said, the angle of attack is everything. It's also more quiet,,,,,,relatively speaking. 
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01-19-2007, 08:16 PM
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Hey teetor, I see you are from Jensen Beach, I lived in Ft. Pierce for 15 yrs.
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01-19-2007, 09:52 PM
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Cpt. Chaos
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Damn J&J, small world.. I was born in Vero and spent the first 20 years of my life in St. Lucie county. Grew up in White City.
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01-19-2007, 10:00 PM
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Pro
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I'm still here, nice and warm, still in shorts, T shirts and flip-flops. I really feel for you guys I'm going fishing Sunday and I don't have to drill a hole to do it.
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01-19-2007, 10:36 PM
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Cpt. Chaos
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I hear ya Teetor...  I do miss the weather down there sometimes. Winters here in VA are not too bad though....hell it was 74 degrees here about a week ago. Of course Wednesday morning it was 29 when I got in the truck though. Those days suck. Alot.
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