Taking Up Floor Tiles

How to remove tile.

Taking up floor tiles.

Break up the first tile with a hammer. By positioning a chisel under a tile you ll be able to loosen each one and remove the floor. Use a broom or shop vac to pick up all the debris that now litters the room. If the tiles you re removing were set in mastic and not mortar you re lucky a floor scraper will do the job.

An alternative to removing vinyl flooring. Removing tile from your floor can be done with a few tools and dedicated time. 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. Finish removing vinyl flooring with some cleanup.

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. If the old tile was laid on underlayment cut through the underlayment and mortar but not the subfloor. Taking your time with this project will ensure you finish with a beautiful tile free floor. Work the chisel under the tiles forcing them loose.

Score the flooring into 6 12 strips. Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves. 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. 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. 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. Strike the face of stubborn tiles to break them up for easier removal.

Work the chisel between the tiles and the concrete hammering them up with a 2 lb. 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. Masonry chisel and a 2 lb.

Use a 3 4 or 1 in.