Thread: removing tile adhesive

Hi,

With the grinder its going to be bloody dusty and basically you need to move the grinder around and around until you get down to the slab. There's not really much in it, what ever you find that works best. The diamond blade will rip through it pretty quick though. The blade won't be damaged by the concrete either, so get stuck into it. I still reckon that a wide blade on your mini jack hammer will be the best and won't fill your house with dust.

cheers Ben

Hiya. Im a tiler, have been for 35 years so I am well aware of what you have in front of you, if it is cement based and well adhered to the slab, the quickest, cleanest most effeicient way to resolve your problem is to get the tiles up then use a two part latex self leveler, go over the whole floor as it is covering the the old adhesive, then tile over that with a good moisture activated polymer adhesive, around 15 years ago Acacia Tiles were popping up on domestic jobs all over Queensland for varying reasons, mostly, because the cement based adhesives were not bonding to the tiles dur to moisture absortion growth of the tiles themselves, but in most cases the adhesive had bonded to the slab, especially if the Tiler had perpared the slab properly before the tiling had begun. I was one of the prefered contractors used by FAI's Loss Adjusters, we never had any reason to return to a job doing the work ion this way. If you need any further info PM or e mail Cheers Steve aka ozboz