Bathroom Floor
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:49 pm
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
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
BTW