What do you consider to be the most useful tools to have around when embarking on removing wall tiles?
I hope to minimise wall damage - and maybe delegate some of the task to my daughter. Suggestions please.
============================ A chisel like this:
Gloves for most people - broken tiles can be very sharp.
Cic.
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4" bolster.If the tiles are fixed with modern tile adhesive, usually dead easy.
If they're part of the original build and set in cement, like some 30s houses, goggles, sds drill with chisel, ear defenders. Not for the faint hearted. Don't forget to put a sheet of ply or something over the bath
For least wall damage but more time consuming than a larger chissel:
Martin
-- Martin J. Evans Wetherby, UK
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4" bolster. You can get special thin tools for doing this but I've not tried one 'cos I've never really had any trouble getting tiles off the old way.The message from "Cicero" contains these words:
A while ago Aldi were selling kevlar gloves which are for most purposes cut-proof. Much nicer for many uses than leather.
SDS drill with chisel. Don't bother turning it on. Just show it to the tiles and they'll leap off the wall!
It's the remains of adhesive that is the bigger problem as I'm currently finding out...
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I'm getting close to ripping a chunk of plasterboard out and replacing it because of the adhesive remains from where a previous owner had stuck fake plastic tiles on the sidraT [1] wall.
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