Taking Up Floor Tiles

By positioning a chisel under a tile you ll be able to loosen each one and remove the floor.

Taking up floor tiles.

Insert the blade of the scraper under the loosened edge of the flooring and lift up on the handle. Finish removing vinyl flooring with some cleanup. 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. Removing tile from your floor can be done with a few tools and dedicated time.

If your linoleum features a tile pattern you can use the. Start at a broken tile or between tiles where the grout has loosened. Strike the face of stubborn tiles to break them up for easier removal. 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.

Hit the tile in the center with a hammer. Use a 3 4 or 1 in. Work the chisel under the tiles forcing them loose. Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves.

If the old tile was laid on underlayment cut through the underlayment and mortar but not the subfloor. Pry up the sections with a pry bar. 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. However if they were set in mortar follow these steps for proper tile flooring removal.

Taking your time with this project will ensure you finish with a beautiful tile free floor. Break up the first tile with a hammer. An alternative to removing vinyl flooring. How to remove tile.

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. 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 between the tiles and the concrete hammering them up with a 2 lb. Score the flooring into 6 12 strips.

If the tiles you re removing were set in mastic and not mortar you re lucky a floor scraper will do the job.