Removing Tiles Laid On No More Ply

[Butch]

I need to remove a few porcelain tiles laid over no more ply on wooden flloring using mapei adhesive so as to gain access to some onder-floor services. Any tips on the best way to achieve this? Thanks for any help.
Butch

 

[StevieBoy]

When I remove floor tiles, I disc cut down the grout joints carefully but use a Hoover to catch the dust, then starting at one corner break it out with a hammer and chisel.

 

[Mr Tiler]

I rake grout out using a stanley blade, smash tile with round edge of my hammer slowly and then use hammer and chisel slowly

 

[Ian]

If possible, go in from the ceiling underneath, it'll be loads cheaper to patch a ceiling than repair the floor.

 

[Butch]

When I remove floor tiles, I disc cut down the grout joints carefully but use a Hoover to catch the dust, then starting at one corner break it out with a hammer and chisel.

Thanks for yor help, StevieBoy

 

[Butch]

I rake grout out using a stanley blade, smash tile with round edge of my hammer slowly and then use hammer and chisel slowly

Thanks for your reply, Mr Tiler. That NoMorePly is certainly not intended to come up easily is it!

 

[John Benton]

When I remove floor tiles, I disc cut down the grout joints carefully but use a Hoover to catch the dust, then starting at one corner break it out with a hammer and chisel.

Same as but out from the middle so as not to catch chisel on any surrounding tiles

 

[Butch]

If possible, go in from the ceiling underneath, it'll be loads cheaper to patch a ceiling than repair the floor.

Thanks for the reply, Bri. Unfortunately it is a ground floor kitchen with no access under the floor.
Butch

 

[Old Mod]

Same as but out from the middle so as not to catch chisel on any surrounding tiles

Yep same same ^^^^^^^ 😎

 

[White Room]

Could you not access from a ceiling below the point you need to reach....

 

[tommyzooom]

I recently had to lift a porc tile onto NMP, I did as described above, cut the grout joint and start at a corner. It came up surprisingly well from the NMP,easier than I was expecting

 

[Butch]

I recently had to lift a porc tile onto NMP, I did as described above, cut the grout joint and start at a corner. It came up surprisingly well from the NMP,easier than I was expecting

 

[Butch]

Thanks for the reply, TommyZoom. I'll resume my endeavours tomorrow morning.
Butch

 

[bcd-87]

@Butch how did you get in mate

 

[Ceramic Art Ste]

Getting the tile up off nmp is ok. It's getting the NMP off wooden flooring that's the nightmare lol

 

[Butch]

@Butch how did you get in mate

Had to remove two tiles (one at each end of the cable run). Took a while to cut through the grout. Then removed a corner off the first tile (carefully with a small ball-pein hammer) and then managed to eventually chisel up the tile. The other was more difficult. In the end I simply cut down through the grout line and into the floor board around the tile edge so that I could remove it (I needed access underneath the floor anyway). Job now done and new tiles re-instated. Thanks to everyone who made helpful suggestions.
Butch