Removing Ceramic Tile Bathroom Floor Lovely

If you don t know what s under your ceramic floor tile you ll have to do some detective work to find out whether it s plywood cement backerboard or a thick bed of mortar.

Removing ceramic tile bathroom floor. If you don t care to save the substrate use a reciprocating saw to cut the tile and substrate. Removing ceramic floor tile our example of floor tile removal uses basic hand tools on a ceramic tile floor that was laid over a plywood underlayment. Oxygen bleach again comes to the rescue because it cleans tile as well as it does grout.

The next step is to prime the floor with a high adhesive oil or shellac based primer. If this doesn t get most of the mortar up it s probably going to be easier to replace the underlayment. Remove the mortar from the underlayment by hammering.

Although we are using hand tools there are also power tools available to simplify the job. Instead of removing the molding we finished off the room by purchasing quarter round in the same color as the flooring and cutting it to fit. Also wear a dust mask.

Repeat the process sliding the shovel under the cement board then lifting and you can get rid of the floor in chunks. From there you can pry up the tiles with a flat pry bar if you want to keep the substrate. Lifting up the shovel from underneath will break the cement board and the grout holding the tile so you can remove it.

Work the chisel under the tiles forcing them loose. Once you get a few starter tiles off the floor break up the underlying cement board by banging on it with your hammer and discard it. We installed the quarter round by using a trim gun and air compressor and finished off the room by using a silicone caulk to seal everything where the quarter round met the base molding tub and toilet.

If you re removing tile flooring from your bathroom take out the toilet and any pedestal sinks and disconnect all the water pipes or drains that go through the floor. Before you attempt to remove bathroom floor tile remove any unnecessary objects from the room and cover anything you can t take out including the drains. Masonry chisel and a 2 lb.