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Removing self leveller and Ditra from plywood floor
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[QUOTE="Cookerooby, post: 988966, member: 53313"] Hi All, I’m ripping out a failed existing tiled floor. Tiles had not been back buttered so they popped off easily enough. I’m now confronted with a layer of tile adhesive, a layer of self levelling compound of varying thickness (6-12mm) covering electric underfloor heating mat which is on top of ditra mat. The ditra mat is stuck to plywood with a vinyl type glue you’d use for lino. There are cracks everywhere going through both adhesive and self levelling compound but is stuck well to Ditra. I need to get back to plywood and if that is stable then install insulation board to ply, followed by UFH and then tile. As the timers will know getting all this up is a nightmare! Currently I’m cutting 110mm channels (the width of chisel) into the floor and then using a small breaker to get under Ditra and gun it up, but it’s taking forever! Just wondered if anyone out there had experience of this and had a better method, or could recommend the best type of SDS Max chisel they’ve used for this sort of thing. Would it be better to use a bigger breaker, one you use standing up? At the moment it feels more difficult and time consuming to break SLC free from Ditra first and then get under Ditra hence why I’m currently persisting with small hand held breaker. Would love some advice, I’m knackered! Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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