I have been removing ceramic tiles from my bathroom floor. Some have come up easily than others, but some are very stubborn and are coming up in bits and pieces (using a hammer and chisel).
Some of the more stubborn tiles are bringing up chunks of the boards beneath with them (the boards look wooden but the chunks that come up look a green-ish colour inside). Any tips on getting the stubborn tiles up?
I did the same with my kitchen floor and the people that fitted a new vinyl floor there laid plywood to the floor before laying the vinyl.
Do I need to lay plywood over the bathroom floor before I put vinyl in there too? Or should I level it out with some other product?
It's taking an age and the tiles are leaving behind quite a lot of adhesive which I guess I will be going back and scraping up once the tiles have all been lifted.
Am I going about this the right way? I've been told that vinyl floors are fine for use in bathrooms but also read in a couple of places that they are not.
Any advice appreciated
Darren
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Re: Bathroom Floor
Sounds like the tiles were fixed very well, you should have left them in situe and self levelled over them.
As you're pulling up the substrate now, you're going to have to remove the lot and lay down some new boards.
For this I'd recommend 12mm or thicker ply, then self level with a product such as Arditex NA latex (about 3-4mm debth would be ideal)
After that, chuck your vinyl down and enjoy :)
Hope it helps.
Matt
As you're pulling up the substrate now, you're going to have to remove the lot and lay down some new boards.
For this I'd recommend 12mm or thicker ply, then self level with a product such as Arditex NA latex (about 3-4mm debth would be ideal)
After that, chuck your vinyl down and enjoy :)
Hope it helps.
Matt