Best Way To Remove Old Thinset Off Concrete Floor

Which meant removing tile and thinset from the concrete foundation.

Best way to remove old thinset off concrete floor. Or just sand them down. These are some of the most effective and easy ways to remove thinset from flooring and plywood. There are much stouter blades made for removing ceramic tile and thin set. An air chisel with the correct blade would have made short work of it all and been much much cheaper than 500.

If you can t get it all don t worry. If you need to remove thinset from concrete skip the chipping hammer or hammer drill and tile chisel this method works much better. 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. You may take off small pieces.

This was difficult and dusty but it was definitely a diy able task. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. You can leave bits of adhesive up to 1 8 in. Or if there isn t much mortar to remove.

From house to home entertaining diva. Also there are floor grinders that have available vacuum attachments that dramatically reduce the amount of dust that would get into your home. Using hammers and chisel. Removing thinset by using a hammer and chisel is the easiest way to get rid of it but it is a dusty task.

Trowel to apply a 1 8 in. Thinset is used to install tile to concrete while adhesives and epoxies are used to install tile to wood subfloors. Then use the flat side of a 12 in. Remove a section of the thinset using the hammer and.

It may be feasible to get under mortar pieces and pop them off if you are only working a small area. 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. As usual i googled for answers on what to do for this next step of my project and i found that using a floor buffer with a 350 diamond disc is the best way to sand the thin set from concrete floors but between renting the buffer machine and buying the diamond disc you can t rent you have to buy those it would have cost 500 700 which would have negated the money saving purpose of sanding the concrete floor so we can stain it in the first place.

You can remove mortar in a couple of ways. After you remove the tiles chisel and scrape the adhesive off the concrete as well. The one that is right for you depends on a few variables though. Thank goodness for my good friend chelsey who loves doing demo and is willing to get dirty and work hard in exchange for a good meal cooked by chef powell.