Tile & Underlay Removal

Derek in Regina

Hey Everyone, my wife has finally convinced me that we should put hardwood on the main level of our house. We are getting a sweet deal on the flooring as she knows a rep. Anyway, I have to remove, ceramic tile, vinyl tiles and particleboard underlay in certain areas prior to the new flooring going down. Being as how many of you do this on a daily basis do you have any hints or shortcuts to make this an easier removal process??? Thanks in advance!

Floorwizard

alot of elbow grease and if you can stand the mess, you can set a depth on your saw and chunk it out all at once possibly.

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Mike Finley

Get a couple of different sized pry bars and a couple of good square bladed shovels and get an edge up and start going back and forth between all your tools as you get purchases that apply to each one.

Don Benham

And safety glasses. Really, my old boss got hit dead in the eye with a flying peice of tile, cataract and ripped his lens. Had to get operated on and stitches in his eye. ouch!

Don

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Look, I know the voices in my head aren't real, it's just that lately they've had some really good points.

747

A air chisel will get that ceramic tile up no problem. Not sure about other surfaces that need to come up. :Thumbs:

Tom R

I second the air chisel.

Teetorbilt

I'm going with Flor on the field sections, take the whole shebang out in chunks. I love my air hammer, use it for the detail work.

Derek in Regina

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I started on the weekend and though I was sick all weekend I got 3/4 of the stuff up, it only took me about 2 hours per room so far, the underlay was stapled down so once I got started it came up pretty easily using a wonderbar and a hammer, most pieces were between 2 and 4 sqft in size so went fairly quickly. Haven't started the dining room yet but popped out a couple of tiles and they came out pretty easily. I think this may be the first time I'm glad the previous owner did a bad job on something!!

Mike Finley

You did get off easy. I have spent 2 hours in a bathroom space measuring 5x5!