Hello,
I recently posted the same question under the "flooring department," but I thought there might be someone with experience regarding the following here as well.
We are planning to demolish an interior wall in the next few weeks to make our hallway larger for the later installation of a staircase to the upper floor.
Now we have a small dilemma:
Today, we have diagonally laid tiles in the hallway with electric underfloor heating beneath (embedded in the adhesive).
As we are expanding the hallway, we of course want to have tiles throughout the entire hallway and of the same type
The question is, can you and if so, how do you remove the tiles that are "cracked" so that you can create a seamless continuation without damaging the electric underfloor heating?
If it's not possible/advisable to continue with the current floor, how do you remove an installed tile floor, including adhesive, with underfloor heating coils?
I recently posted the same question under the "flooring department," but I thought there might be someone with experience regarding the following here as well.
We are planning to demolish an interior wall in the next few weeks to make our hallway larger for the later installation of a staircase to the upper floor.
Now we have a small dilemma:
Today, we have diagonally laid tiles in the hallway with electric underfloor heating beneath (embedded in the adhesive).
As we are expanding the hallway, we of course want to have tiles throughout the entire hallway and of the same type
The question is, can you and if so, how do you remove the tiles that are "cracked" so that you can create a seamless continuation without damaging the electric underfloor heating?
If it's not possible/advisable to continue with the current floor, how do you remove an installed tile floor, including adhesive, with underfloor heating coils?
Many cracked tiles to be removed?
And are they large?
You might be able to knock them off with a chisel.
The problem is that you might get a slight height difference
since the old adhesive can't be removed due to
the underfloor heating cable.
To be sure not to damage the cable, you can measure
it before removing any tiles.
And then again after the tiles are removed.
Best regards, Putte
And are they large?
You might be able to knock them off with a chisel.
The problem is that you might get a slight height difference
since the old adhesive can't be removed due to
the underfloor heating cable.
To be sure not to damage the cable, you can measure
it before removing any tiles.
And then again after the tiles are removed.
Best regards, Putte
There are about 25 tiles and they are 20x20cm in size.ByggPutte said:
It's a bit disappointing to put in relatively a lot of work to remove the tiles only to realize that the electric underfloor heating is damaged.
If you remove the entire current tiled surface, is there a rational and good way to remove it including fixing the floor heating?
Particleboard or concrete underneath?
Small tile car machine Hilti104 I think
it's called, it doesn't hit as hard as a larger machine.
If there's adhesive left, there's a concrete grinder if
it's not easy to remove with a larger chisel.
Best regards, Putte
Small tile car machine Hilti104 I think
it's called, it doesn't hit as hard as a larger machine.
If there's adhesive left, there's a concrete grinder if
it's not easy to remove with a larger chisel.
Best regards, Putte
We have Siporex underneath, so it's slightly softer than regular concrete.ByggPutte said:
The Hilti machine doesn’t seem too bad to use for this work.
I guess I'll see how easily I can remove a broken tile without damaging the loop underneath.
If it goes wrong, I'll probably try to rent a Hilti machine.