Removing floor tiles, Help!

starfish10

I am wondering whether to remove ceramic floor tiles in a downstairs bathroom. I intend to re-tile. My problem is that one of my boys has a wee problem and has been persistently missing the toilet (it has resolved now) but the wee must have got under the tiles and when the weather is warm, you can smell it in the house. I have tried putting bleach down and letting this soak in. I am now replacing the suite and went behind the loo and eased up a loose tile it came off but left adhesive on the floor.
The rest of the tiles are not loose, what is the chance of all the adhesive/cement being left on the floor and will this be easy to remove?
If I tile over will the smell resolve eventually because he no longer does this?

andrew-b

By carefully using a bolster chisel at an angle and a club hammer you should be able to remove the adhesive. But be careful not to break up the floor below & safety glasses are essential.

Andy

amarg

Some floor tiles are really hard to remove and you might be better off using a sds drill with rotary stop and a sds chisel, like this-


http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/tiling/tile_removal.htm

sjc_2

How about just tiling over the top of them after using self leveller first. That's what we did saved loads of hassle plus you know you have a solid base to start with.

OddjobKIA

elbow grease and a good hammer

starfish10

sjc wrote: »

How about just tiling over the top of them after using self leveller first. That's what we did saved loads of hassle plus you know you have a solid base to start with.

Self-leveller can you explain more, that sounds easier than the other options as there is a shower with glass door in there.

tile_guru

As long as the floor under the tiles is not timber then a levelling compound will be fine.

Mix the compound up as per manufacturer spec pour onto the adhesive and smooth out using a flat trowel.

i would recommend BAL multibase or Dunlop universal floor leveller....

hope this helps

Guru

ps this will be the fastest way but you will make the floor higher than before in the bathroom.

sjc_2

What that man said. We had a concrete floor with tiles over the top so a solid base.

handyman.

do you mean a self leveler in the space where the tile was, or the whole floor? If just the tile, i would just level up the one loose tile space with rapid set tile adhesive, then tiles over the existing tiles.

And you'll need to remove the toilet to tile under it, to do a proper job

claystiles

handyman. wrote: »

do you mean a self leveler in the space where the tile was, or the whole floor? If just the tile, i would just level up the one loose tile space with rapid set tile adhesive, then tiles over the existing tiles.

And you'll need to remove the toilet to tile under it, to do a proper job

a good tiler can go around the toilet without moving it! (with help of a Contour Gauge)

stephen25uk

claystiles wrote: »

a good tiler can go around the toilet without moving it! (with help of a Contour Gauge)

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