Tile Removal is Easy - Tile Removal South West Florida

We own a interior demolition, selective demolition removal service. We take out all kinds of flooring all over SWFL daily. 

A common misconception about tile is that the tile itself is the hard thing to get up once you get started preparing a floor for fresh tile, you will quickly find out that in most cases the tile comes up relatively easy and you find the lion-share of your work in the removing the thin-set. So it more of a two or three step operation.

There are many types of thin-set and sometimes the thin-set can have sound or moisture barriers that are put down with the tile.  Different types of thin-set come up differently, we think that the longer the thin-set has been down the harder it is to take it up, well traveled areas seem to be more difficult as well. 

Sound barriers are more frequently encountered in buildings with multiple units like condo's. We have encountered, rubber membranes, rubber and cork. Each comes up differently.

These barriers can really make taking up the tile quite a bit more fun. You see it's like taking up two different layers of materials for one thing. In some cases it can take twice as long as thin-set alone.

Bad news: most of the time the barrier was put down to knock down sound.....sound is vibration right? What does a demolition jack hammer do to get the tile and thin-set up? Right it vibrates, the barrier greatly reduces the effectiveness of most tile removal equipment. The demolition hammer vibrates really fast to separate the thin-set/ barrier from the concrete.

So...Tile removal is the easy part of getting ready for new tile. Its the thin-set / barrier's that's most of the work. 

The tile here came up in a matter of minutes it took about two hours in this room with a state of the art 30 lb. demolition hammer and 4 inch paddle.

 

Picture Below: This particular removal had cork as a barrier, it was on the third floor of a condo in Naples Florida. Cork comes up decent however its a very sticky substance to take up, and to handle.

The tool he is using is below: This room which was about 15 x 17 took about 3 hours to get up the cork. Sticky stuff.....yuck.

So when setting up to take out tile be prepared for the time it takes to take up the thin-set. Getting the actual tile up is only a small part of the whole process. 

We operate a junk removal and Selective interior removal service here in S.W. Florida called Remove It Pros Inc. http://www.RemoveItPros.com .

Author: Logan Lockwood hope you found this info helpful. 239-333-7678