Removing wood skirting glued to tiled wall?

FCR1980

Hi, can anyone tell me how to remove skirting, bathroom walls tiled to the floor and skirting stuck on top. I tried gently using a thin chisel but where the glue/no nails is it’s starting to crack the tiles as it comes away. Any advice? Thanks

Jeepers_Creepers

Either something very thin like a scraper blade, or a snap-off type craft knife which can have its blade extended a good 2-3". Repeatedly slice into the 'no nails', a bit at a time.

I suspect the chisel is too thick, and is actually levering the board off instead of cutting into the adhesive.

FCR1980

Thank you 🙂

Jeepers_Creepers

Obviously, keep fingers away from slicing blade...

FreeBear

A 3" scraper would do the job. Just be resigned to the fact that some tiles will crack and need replacing.

grumbler

How long? A photo?

I think you have to remove most of the wood first, leaving a thin layer of it that you can scrape bit by bit then together with the adhesive.

And you did buy a dozen of spare tiles to keep, didn't you?

Jeepers_Creepers

Some of these adhesives do dry to a very hard finish, and a craft knife could struggle. If it's only been done recently, you might be lucky and it'll be that bit softer and easier to do.

Use that chisel from before to wedge the board out to provide as large a gap as possible along the top, without it actually pulling off tiles... See how you then get on with the knife - go over the same line repeatedly.

If that's just too much like hard work, then a good quality scraper, assisted with gentle/not so gentle taps from a mallet, should cut down through it instead.

If it's tough going, but you can see the actual 'blobs', then place the scraper blade to just catch the side of a blob - just a half-inch or so - and then tap down through that. Then move it along another half-inch.

Been there... :-(