I have a concrete foundation. On top of it are 12"x12" ceramic tiles. What is the best way to remove them? What tools do I use?
2006-11-24 17:57:35 · 13 answers · asked by Rob 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Wear safety glasses anytime you are working around chipping at ceramic tile. The stuff flies everywhere if it breaks.
A hammer and a wide chisel will do a pretty good job but you also can rent a tool that might make it a little easier from a tool rental place. Talk to the guys at the center, they can recommend what will make your job a heck of a lot easier.
2006-11-24 18:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by Gnome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do yourself a favor! Go to a rental place and rent whats called a "chipper hammer".
It will make the job 10 times easier. It does all the work so you dont have to.
Attack the tiles from a slant position, rather than a straight up & down and watch em fly off the concrete.
2006-11-24 21:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it has a special tool, but I did it. just a thin (enough) but strong tool to chisel under the tile and just pop each tile up. It's incredibly easy. Yes, wear glasses for flying debris. Sweep up the debris from grout and glue, then start laying new tile or whatever the reason you were picking up the tile in the first place as for. Good luck.
2006-11-24 18:30:53 · answer #3 · answered by Valeria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a big mess and a rough job. If you have more than 1 window in the room you're working in open them all and put a box fan in 1 of the windows backwards, so it pulls the air out of the room. That, combined with the drop cloths should limit how much dust gets in the rest of the house. I've used this method for sanding drywall with pretty good results.
2016-03-29 08:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hammer and a large chisel, whack with the hammer till you get a hunk of it to come up then put the chisel edge under the broken tile and hammer at an angle to get the pieces up. it may take a long time if they really put them down well.
2006-11-24 18:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chisel hammer find a starting point and chisel them out slowly as you can so you can save alot of your tile pieces to reuse if you want to remove the graut just need to chisel it out or get a bosch chisel hammer
2006-11-24 23:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a wrecking bar with a scraper on one end. It looks like a big spatula. It works great. Be ready for lots of dust.
2006-11-24 18:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by Bestie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A heavy hammer
2006-11-24 18:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pneumatic hammer is easiest.
2006-11-24 22:02:17 · answer #9 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good answers don't forget safety glasses. Just bust them loose.
2006-11-24 18:06:21 · answer #10 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋