Best Way To Remove Thinset From Concrete Slab

Removing tile and thinset from concrete.

Best way to remove thinset from concrete slab.

Since i ve never tried to remove thinset from concrete before i did what most diyers do in this situation i googled it. If you are lucky the concrete slab will have a slick. Depending on what you will be replacing the tile with you may not need to remove all the thinset. It will chisel the thinset off the cement like butter they said.

We decided the basement floors were something we had to update before we can sell this house. Which meant removing tile and thinset from the concrete foundation. Just skim a new coat. Use the flat end of a 2 pound 0 91 kg hand maul to hit the end firmly.

Rotary hammer drill via amazon everything i read said to buy a 2 tile chisel for the hammer drill. March 21 2019 at 5 41 pm. You should notice the thinset patches breaking apart after about 20 to 30 seconds of hammering. Place a 1 inch 2 5 cm putty knife at a 45 degree angle to the remaining thinset patches.

Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. All posts flooring projects and plans remodeling 101 tile. If it is a small area you can get by with a margin trowel like a brick trowel but with a rectangular blade to scrape. The larger chipping hammers are a pain to operate and the wide blades actually walk over the thinset so you need multiple passes.

I ve been doing flooring for 15 years and so far best thing is a o pneumatic hammer with a thinset removal bit.