How To Remove Thin Set From Sub Floors

As you loosen the thinset use a metal scraper to remove it from the floor.

How to remove thin set from sub floors.

To remove thinset start by pouring boiling water over the thinset to weaken the material. These are some of the most effective and easy ways to remove thinset from flooring and plywood. Since i m putting down new large sized floor tiles getting the old tiles off was just the first step. If you re unable to remove all of it smooth out the surface with an angle grinder and a diamond grinding wheel.

Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. Using a hammer and a chisel if necessary repeatedly strike the thinset in an effort to loosen its bond with the subfloor. Remove a section of the thinset using the hammer and a chisel with a wide flat blade. 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.

4 easy ways on how to remove thinset. 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. Get under the thinset using a straight hoe to scrape it up from the. The homeowners decided to redo the kitchen tile floor after having their custom cabinets refinished so i need to take up the tile and remove the thinset without alot of grit and dust flying around.

To prevent the tiles from cracking the floor also needs to be level. The thinset on the floor. Take care not to hit the floor too hard as damage to the subfloor could occur. This will reveal the concrete slab below.

Removing thinset by using a hammer and chisel is the easiest way to get rid of it but it is a dusty task. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. Using hammers and chisel. Also there are floor grinders that have available vacuum attachments that dramatically reduce the amount of dust that would get into your home.

An air chisel with the correct blade would have made short work of it all and been much much cheaper than 500.