How To Remove Thin Set From A Bathroom Floor

Things you will need small we chipped up about 400 sf of tile today and need to remove the thinset.

How to remove thin set from a bathroom floor.

4 easy ways on how to remove thinset. Thank goodness for my good friend chelsey who loves doing demo and is willing to get dirty and work hard in exchange for a good meal cooked by chef powell. Once we d completed the thinset removal i spent a good 1 5 hours with the shop vac cleaning up the remaining tile and thinset shards including a lot that were lurking under the radiators and then we moved big things like the island back into place so we could start the week with our kitchen relatively usable. Which meant removing tile and thinset from the concrete foundation.

It s already week 3 of the one room challenge makeover of my master bathroom. These are some of the most effective and easy ways to remove thinset from flooring and plywood. I can t believe it. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made.

Using hammers and chisel. Paypal me aviewfromtracyspoint check out my review of the hottest shows. Ceramic tile and some types of stone are set using a cement based adhesive called thinset. If you re unable to remove all of it smooth out the surface with an angle grinder and a diamond grinding wheel.

This was difficult and dusty but it was definitely a diy able task. How to remove tile thinset. Scrape thinset off the floor or wall after removing the backer board with a metal scraper or use a handheld oscillating power tool with a mortar grinding attachment. The best way to remove thinset from a concrete floor.

In case you re joining in for the first time the one room challenge is a 6 week event put on by linda at calling it home. If you want to support this channel. During remodeling projects when existing tile is removed from a surface. To remove thinset start by pouring boiling water over the thinset to weaken the material.

Leave it for an hour then hold a sharp putty knife at a 45 degree angle and hammer the back with a hand maul to break up the thinset. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made.