My tiler is leveling floor on old adhesive which he can't remove. Is this safe to do?

Swasterix

john.h said:

Swasterix said:

john.h said:

If as it looks the floor has ply down and tiled before the kitchen was fitted you will never get it up. It also looks like you have about 50mm clearance under your appliances to play with. 

You can, because I’ve done it, but it was an absolute pig of a job. As someone mentioned previously, a long crowbar and some brute force won the day. Then an hour or two removing screws with tile adhesive clagged in the heads. Awful, but doable and will result in a better job. 

I have done it hundreds of times, it’s easy to get the ply up on a open floor, not so easy  under a kitchen. You need to remove any decor end panels and remove cabinet legs as you go along. It’s not easy getting a crowbar under a cabinet with only 150mm height to play with. 

I’m sure you have, and yes I agree it’s a complete pain in the proverbial. However as difficult as it is, I’d argue that it’s the correct way to do it. 

In your original post you’d said “If as it looks the floor has ply down and tiled before the kitchen was fitted you will never get it up.”. All I was saying is that they can, it’s just not easy!

fizzgog

Loads of clearence for appliances .... let him do what he says. Im a floorlayer and wouldnt attempt to remove ceramics unless in the the same state, I prime & screed. If tiles were broken like yours I'd do the same as he's described.