I know this is off topic, but maybe I can get some help. I am having a tough time removing tile squares off of my wooden bathroom floor. I am using the correct tool and hammer, but wonder if there is a chemical that can loosen up the glue more easily. The tile is chipping in small pieces and I am trying to make this a time/cost efficient project. I don't know if I will refinish the oak floor beneath it or put tile on. I have both tile and varnish available and don't really want to ruin the oak underneath. I am, however refinishing the oak floors around the rest of the house. (In between sign jobs and dreaming that is!)Thanks! Deb
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Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Hi Woman! I had the same problemo. I used a regular hair dryer to heat the tiles as I was working them up carefully with a big putty knife. It was a pain in the butt, but it worked. It's a thankless job, but somebody's gotta do it. The worst part is when you get an old tile you removed stuck on one you're trying to loosen. That, and cleaning up adhesive residue off of everything. You might want to try a product called "Goof Off" that I found at a local hardware store to clean up the goop. You should probably test it in an inconspicuous place first. Try not to get too wasted on the fumes, either! Love- JILL
------------------ Jill M. Welsh
Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
And The Answer Is;
Rapid Remover(much faster then glue off, goof off) whatever. The resturant down the street in Oregon used it to help remove 2,ooo sq. ft., they loved it !! We sell to some of the floor and tile guys. Roger
------------------ Roger Bailey Rapid Tac Incorporated Waikoloa, Hawaii
Posted by Brian Keence (Member # 1867) on :
I have done alot of this in the past. We used a propane torch to warm the tile, then scrape it up with a long handle scraper like the dump truck drivers use to clean out their beds. It doesn't catch on fire too easily. Just try not to heat the broken edges to much. This is where it will flame the quickest. It's not as bad as it sounds. I believe Rogers remover would work great for the adhesive.
Good luck.
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Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
Those are great ideas...and the inspiration that you care...
Today is the day I am tackling the last third which is the toughest. I thought about the heat gun, which I have, and the rapid remover, just as I left the posting (and I have 2/3 gallon) and ,yes, the goof off too. All those nasty sticky pieces left, but I have had worse jobs. I am really excited now! I am decorating also. Right now there are conch shells and a real coconut on the shelves. so, I'll just think tropical when I'm using the orange smelling rapid tac! (isn't life grand?!!)
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Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Oh boy-oh-boy.. I've pulled up alot of vinyl flooring..
We used a heat gun set on 1,000 degrees and wide putty knives to pull the tile up.
However, you havent had fun til you've tried to remove ceramic tile from a wood floor. One of the times my dad remodeled his bathroom we had to pull up ceramic tile. After alot of fun with a sledgehammer, we ended up just going to the root of the problem - we cut the subfloor completely out of the bathroom and carried the tiles out still attached to the floor!!!! hahaha.. We had to put in a new subfloor in the bathroom but that was easier than pullin tile then trying to clean up the mastic and all the dust. He replaced it with another tile floor - really gorgeous tile at that.
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
Posted by Debbie Delzell on :
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Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
Hey! 10 years in the flooring industry, I like to go right over the tile with the new floor. Vinly Composite Tile (vct) is made to stay down, when we have to remove it we would use the propane tourchs and the putty knives. There aint any better way. When the tile has been down for awhile it will come up easy, we have used long handled scrappers too, like an ice chopper or they make 'em for roofing, like a shovel handle with a flat blade on the end, that and some elbow grease will pop em up right up some times. Let me know if you have trouble, have you already started ripping em up? What are you replacing it with?
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