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tasmin
27-11-2008, 06:17 PM
hi all,

does anyway know how to remove rubber tiles from a bathroom floor before i have heartfailure trying to remove them.

i've just spent 15 mins removing one tile!
whoever put these down intended them to stay down.

if it wansnt for the broken ones i would just put something over it...but it will show through the floorcovering.

i'm trying to get my bathroom finished before christmas...but at the rate i'm going with these fn tiles it will be next christmas before i'm finished.

any suggestions?



tas

fisherman tom
27-11-2008, 10:54 PM
you can hire a machine out 4 lifting them from a plat and tool hire ,this is what my friend did ,had them up in no time.

Fries-With-That
27-11-2008, 11:05 PM
Hi Tasmin,

If the tiles are that well stuck down that they are almost impossible to remove I'd stop trying to remove them.

The best thing to do with these is to remove all the lose bits and then get a bag of self leveling compound, mix as per instructions and spread it on the floor.

This finds the level of the floor, it will fill in all the gaps and give you an ideal surFace to tile over.

Or as an alternative you could cover the floor in 1/4 inch marine ply board and tile over this or put lino/carpet on top of it directly.

Regards,

Fries.

tasmin
27-11-2008, 11:49 PM
just wanted to say thanks for the ideas.

u'll laugh when u read this!

i rang my bro in a fit of stress over these tiles and he game me a suggestion.
he told me to heat my iron and place brown paper on the tiles and iron them,
when i laughed me head off...imagining me iorning my floor tiles.

but i was willing to try anything, so i gave it a go, and its worked on the first one, so fingers crossed that i run into no problems and get this bloody toilet finished!!!!!!

so thanks again.



tas

cascais
28-11-2008, 06:30 PM
hi tasmin,

i undertsnad your pain !
i had to do the same with cork tiles a few years ago ( was trying to surprise the boyfriend by laying tiles on my own in a weekend while he was abroad... we all know how it ended... a friends boyfriend came to lay the new tiles for me at 10pm one friday evening... ehe he he ( amazing what a few vouchers for drink willl do...)

hmm hmm.. back to the tiles...
anyway, i ended up with a nighmare as well, couldn t get them up, until i got the lightbulb moment ( still took me lots of time), a hammer and a wall paper stripper, get it under the floor tile and bang the hammer, (it will work, but the wall apper stripper thingy will be knackered...)

anyway, that is one way to work around them, not the easiest diy job i did, at the beginning i kinda thought "why did i ever start this ?" but it was worth the pain !

hope it works out for you..

all the best
a bad diyer...

cascais

4eyes
28-11-2008, 07:53 PM
The best is the iron as someone suggested and use tin foil, the iron melts the old adhesive I did it years ago and it works perfectly.

Regards,

Joan.

narki
29-11-2008, 01:31 AM
If it gets too tough you could always try one of these - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LCtxDag9Zc&feature=related

Joking aside, youtube is actually very good for diy advice on almost any project you could think of.

tasmin
29-11-2008, 11:58 AM
hi joan, it was my bro who suggested the iron, but he said brown paper!

so far i've got one tile up with the brown paper, since then every time i go to finish what i started, i get called away from it.

so today i'm going to try the tin foil and see if thats better than the paper
i think the tinfoil will be better!

anyway, after i have my lunch i'm going back to my diy and hopefully my lot will leave me alone to do it in peace lol or in peices lol

all the best,

tasmin

The best is the iron as someone suggested and use tin foil, the iron melts the old adhesive I did it years ago and it works perfectly.

Regards,

Joan.

tasmin
01-12-2008, 08:49 PM
hi all,

thanks to all who suggested how i could get rid of these tiles off the floor.

i finally got them all up HORRAY!!!!!

but i can tell u, it wasnt easy!
i feel like i need a bath and not because of sweat.
i'm sore everywhere...think i used muscels i never used before.

but now i can get on with the painting and wallpapering the toilet, so my visitors wont be doing there business in what looked like a bomb site :-)

to all who are thinking of removing these tiles DONT!!!
unless u have to lol

and in that case...use an hot iron, an old tea towel, a paintstripper and loads of elbow greese

anyway, thanks a million!

tas

cascais
01-12-2008, 09:01 PM
great job Tasmin, glad you got yourself sorted !

all the best

cascais