Hello all

One of my first jobs is to remove all the existing tiles ( ceramic ) from a bathroom. They are loads of them from top to bottom.

Which tools do you guys use for a prober job

hi brickys 100mm bolster and mash hammer safty glasses gloves and common sense (over bathes vanitys shower bases and ufh

Hard hat and 14lb sledge hammer.........
























joking of course.....It will be quicker to remove the whole lot, tiles and plasterboard...

take you time and just remove in sections....hammer and bolster works fine...

Hello thevinnyofoz,
I've always used a SDS+ Pneumatic chipping hammer with a sharp large chisel. This does the job quickly and of course wear the PPE to protect your eyes, ears hands and feet...
Try to maintain a slow angle to the wall to avoid damaging it!
Try to put a rubber basket under the tiles that you chip away, this will reduce the amount of debris to retrieve from the floor.
Hope this will help you!

Rogo

Hammer and bolster.

Sds on floors and sand/cement fixed tiles on walls, hammer and bolster for most other stuff

Thanks for the advice, was considering dynomite as ive counted 700 tiles in this bathroom

Will try the softer approach instead.

Cheers

Originally Posted by thevinnyofoz

Thanks for the advice, was considering dynomite as ive counted 700 tiles in this bathroom

Will try the softer approach instead.

Cheers

4 lbs of C4 should be sufficent! sorry watching too much FX telly again

I bought one of these before Christmas and removing tiles was easy, left adhesive which I removed with a steam wallpaper stripper, not to much damage to the palster underneath.
P.T.Profiles Ltd. - TILE REMOVING TROWEL

Used an SDS once but the plaster on the other side of the wall fell off as well.

If you do a search for it you can get it cheaper.

Regards Des,

normally I'd use an old bucket trowel and a scraper

Thanks for the link watedfd

I used a hammer and bolster..... but also a £5 pry bar from screwfix.... very good indeed!

Thirty quid for that tile removing trowel!!! come on! any links to a cheaper one??

Hi,

The tool I use is called Young John!
Had it for over 10years and it works every time.
Drop it off at the job with the instructions - Strip those tiles - and when I come back its done!
The only drawback is it needs feeding daily and expects a wage at the end of each week!


John.

Got one of these a couple of weeks ago........it works well and only £15

Tile Remover Chisel - For Removing Wall & Floor Tiles

Originally Posted by doug boardley

normally I'd use an old bucket trowel and a scraper

i'm glad i'm not the only one person who uses an old bucket trowel!
minus the handle and a good chap with a hammer gets under most tiles without damaging sub-structure!

I use a BIG MUT, used today and removed a tiled floor and nailed plywood in about 20 mins !!