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Removing Old Tile Adhesive From Floor
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[QUOTE="dfuk121, post: 521321"] We've started lifting the ceramic kitchen floor tiles ready to start laying the new ones (ceramic also). The problem we've got is getting the old adhesive up. Picture attached :hurray: [ATTACH]29809.vB[/ATTACH] The adhesive has a cement quality to it as it is hard. We've tried cold chiselling it, grinding it, hitting it repeatedly with many a blunt instrument but nothing happens. At best a few specks break off. [I]I think we need to lay self levelling concrete but wondered if there are any suggestions for getting the old adhesive up thus lowering the overall height of the SLC layer?[/I] In terms of the shopping list, I believe I need to coat the floor (once ready) with BAL bond SBR Primer and then lay a layer of SLC, with Concrete Levelling Compound - Level IT one HDB being recommended elsewhere on this forum. [I]Does this sound about right? [/I] [B]Removing Floor Tile Adhesive[/B] [LIST] [*]Use an SDS Drill to pound away at the bulk of the adhesive that's on the floor. Most should come up in chunks. [*]There are tools like the Fein Multimaster (bosch do one similar) that can then use the oscillating head to grind away the rest [*]Some use a chisel and hammer [*]Wear Goggles and Safety equipment [*]Make sure doors are closed to the rest of the property [*]Open windows and any external doors to aid ventilation [/LIST] [ATTACH]29809[/ATTACH] [h2]Removing Floor Tiles[/h2] Tiles that have been stuck to floors for a long time can be some of the hardest material to pull away from the sub-floor. They may have been down for a very long time, and if they have, clearly the adhesive and tiling practices were spot on. There's nothing worse than going into a new job and seeing a floor with tile such as quarries and then needing to get them off the floor. [/QUOTE]
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