Getting tiles OFF plasterboard

lawrie28

To follow on from the other thread, I have to get about 5 squ metres of mosaic tiles off a plasterboard wall. They were even done at a 45 degree angle, so are like diamond shape.

Please stop laughing.

Any ideas?? I have been using a boulster chisel (with hand protector), or the claw on a claw hammer. As one other poster has noted, it is destroying the plasterboard wall. The tiler in the family has said he can fill this and make smooth before he retiles, and it is only dot and dab on the block wall, so see no reason as to why he can't do this, but would prefer not too, as I am paying for materials.

Cheers.

Laugh again now.:p

bookduck

it probably would be cheaper to scrap all of the board and put up a new one. Once stuck, that glue will take chucks out for the plasterboard and you will end up re-plastering a plasterboard, waiting for it to dry etc.

Easy way to get tiles of is an sbs drill - one with chisel action, but if nomal tiles take chunks of plaster out of a wall, I've got a very good idea what it will do to plaster board.

owls

carry on as you are, the problem with plasterboard is that the strength is in the paper so once that is pierced it will crumble away.
as it is dot and dab'd and not a timber partition you can just fill the voids with thistle bonding that are left over, its only around 7 quid a bag so wont break the bank.

nalyo

i would agree with bookduck. start fresh.you wouldnt need that much boarding up either and they can be tiled straight onto.

Mikeyorks

lawrie28 wrote: »

Please stop laughing.

It's either that, or cry, when you have a job like that to do? Started trying to prise the tiles off our shower cubicle (plasterboard backed) when we moved in.

Only lasted 30 mins .... then went for the studs ..... and stripped the boards off with the tiles. Cheaper and saner overall, I'm afraid. Otherwise you spend hours skimming up wrecked plaster boards. And it did help in getting the new tray and electrics in place .... so sometimes the odd bit of good does come of adversity? It's just that you don't recognise it until much later!

Get them off!

lawrie28

Guess I keep on going smashing them off. THe problem with taking the plasterboard off is that it is only the strip between the worktop and the wall units that needs doing. Its littered with electric sockets, and would be a ball ache to cut out and replace that section. I like the idea of the bonding more know I know how cheap it is.

Any ideas to reduce the time it takes?
Can you soak off tiles? (heard a rumour)

jason_s_2

Cheapest way would be as bookduck says, rip the tiles off then rip board off and replace, price for that would be about £25ish.
Do it the other way,ie having a plasterer come in, your talking about £175-£250, prices may even be more depending on where abouts you live.
So £25ish or £250 (or more) "The choice is yours"

bookduck

lawrie28 wrote: »

Can you soak off tiles? (heard a rumour)

This will work, but the first thing to dissolve will be the plaster board. At best it will warp and worst crack, possibly crumble and the glue will still take some of the board away.

You could just board it and then tile over - not my preference, but should work.

Hitch

I recently hepled BIL do their bathroom. Cut on centres of studs where good board remains, then just rip the rest down and screw up new boards. Couple of hours and its done.

nelly_2

Theres no way of doing it

and

A 6 foot by 3 foot plasterboard is only 4 quid anyway. by time you put any effort into being dead carefull, after the time wasted it'd been cheaper to just re-board it.