Removing Thinset From Concrete Floor

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Removing thinset from concrete floor.

If the subfloor is concrete you can take off the thinset with a floor maintainer and a concrete coating removal tool such as a diamabrush disk. As usual i googled for answers on what to do for this next. My husband and i are removing tile from our dining room to prep the concrete floor for laminate. Thinset is used to install tile to concrete while adhesives and epoxies are used to install tile to wood subfloors.

Removing tile and thinset from concrete all posts flooring projects and plans remodeling 101 tile we decided the basement floors were something we had to update before we can sell this house. But if you pull up old tiles it may be something you will have to contend with. We ve been able to get the tile out but have several areas of thinset that we re unable to remove. Removing mortar from concrete slab floor can be tricky.

The last of the tile hicans. It was a little sad to remove the last one from it s place. To prevent the tiles from cracking the floor also needs to be level. I originally thought the task of removing tiles from concrete was a dirty thankless job but now that i ve moved onto separating the thin set from the concrete i have a renewed respect for the folks who do this sort of work for a living.

However if the subfloor is plywood you ll probably have better luck with a hammer drill or demolition hammer with a scraper tool attached. Put on protective eye wear. The thinset on the floor. Link to my other video on how to remo.

If we had known how easy it was to remove the thinset using this floor maintainer we would have probably just done it ourselves and saved the 500 we had to pay to have the work done for us. Yet when you need to remove it it can be a nightmare. Since i m putting down new large sized floor tiles getting the old tiles off was just the first step. The most effective and easiest way to remove mastic or thinset from a concrete floor after the tiles have been removed.

After the old tiles were removed there were still large areas of thinset stuck to the concrete that were obviously not level. The whole area of the dining room is 12x18 feet and we ve probably got a couple of 3x3 foot areas where the thinset just won t budge.