Kitchen Floor Cemented - Help!

jangor_2

My son has removed all the tiles from his kitchen floor which seems to be some sort of MDF flooring (due to the kitchen being replaced). Unfortunately the original builder or previous owner had cemented the tiles directly onto the floor. There are lumps of concrete remaining which are proving very difficult to remove and the tiler has insisted that the floor must be flat before he can retile. Is there any method or piece of equipment that would do this job? He is quite desperate to find a solution. Thanks.

hewhoisnotintheknow

probably easier to replace the floor?

Its only cheap wood after all

Paparika

depending on how much the remaining concrete sticks up, you can use a screed mix - like thin concrete paste that gets poured over the floor and then self-levels before drying.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47264/Flooring/Flooring-Accessories/Floor-Levelling-Screed

If I read you right, the tiles are affixed to concrete, which has been poured over MDF?

adaze

Or a hammer drill and a chisel attachement, cheap to hire, quite cheap to buy. A really cheap alternative is to get a bolster chisel and lump hammer and get on your hands and knees....

bockster

i've just removed tiles from my kitchen floor (concrete).
hired a kango breaker, bolster and a floor cleaning attatchment, this is like a really heavy duty scraper that fits into the kango and made light work of removing all the old adhesive. i say light, the kango is a pretty heavy duty m/c, but if you can handle it the removal is quite easy when you get the nack.
cost me £37 from local hire shop for the w/e.