How to Remove Vinyl Tile Adhesive from old Ceramic Tiles?
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have to remove vinyl before laying ceramic tile?
Comments (2)When we put porcelain tile in our washroom we had carpet in there. When I hired the tile layers they said the cost of laying tile did not include removing glue down carpet. They merely put fortified thinset and screwed down underlayment (Hardy cement board I think) on that. They put regular thinset on that and set the tiles. I elected to use epoxy grout because my wife was worried about cleaning grout on that floor. That was about 4 years ago and we have had no problems with the install. I'm not sure if fortified thinset would stick to vinyl but a good tile setter should know....See Moreprep for ceramic tile...remove tar like adhesive
Comments (3)You have to get most of it off or nothing's going to stick to it..at least what's on the surface (I wouldn't worry so much about the pores). I recently worked on basement with that tar adhesive and I ended up using "Bean E Doo", followed by another chemical to rinse it (forgot the name, but got all the supplies from a local concrete refinishing outfit). Anyway, when I ran out of the bean-e-doo, I used orange solvent for the remaining splotches. (BTW, the Bean-e-doo is a better solvent than the orange stuff, but you end up with an oiliness that you have to rinse off) After all that, I figured out that I would have been better off just hiring it out to a concrete finishing company....See MoreRemoving old ceramic tile off countertop. What am I doing wrong?
Comments (10)Thanks, Millworkman. We live in Oklahoma so I will call the local stone yard to see what thickness the quartzite is. I think I saw 2 cm and 3 cm slabs the last time I visited a stone yard. I got lucky, and found quartzite and marble remnants that will work for my bathroom cabinets. The marble will cost me $25.00 per sf plus $75.00 for the cut outs. The quartzite will cost $40.00 per sf. What a deal! Celadon, we had an L shaped cabinet in there that was built in the 90s by a local guy. That same cabinet guy built us a new cabinet that is not L shaped. We had him build a new cabinet, but unfortunately, he did not look under the cabinet to see where the plumbing lines came out of the concrete. He brought the cabinet, and I noticed that the plumbing lines would come up about 1.5" in front of where the new cabinet will be. He took it back to his shop to fix it. He brought it back when I wasn't home, and my husband paid him. I noticed later that he did not fix the problem. I called him, and he had moved to Florida. He said he didn't know how to fix it. So, I took off the finished side panel, and bought oak plywood, stained it, and attached it to the cabinet side. Now, the cabinet is 25" deep....See MoreHow do you remove glued t molding from ceramic floor tile?
Comments (2)The tiles should be left in tact. The 'break' will happen with the WEAKER material. The molding will certainly break before the tile. You will need more molding that's for sure. And PLEASE have MORE VINYL on hand for this. Most vinyl planks can ONLY handle ONE installation. The edges on the planks OFTEN break when they are removed. It is the nature of the beast. Vinyl is BRITTLE and it LOVES to chip/break if it is handled too roughly. I like to tell clients to PLAN on having to REPLACE (ie. purchase more) up to 25% of the removed vinyl planks. Yah. As much as 25%. That means your regular 5% waste/left over that you have tucked away (you do have that, right?) isn't going to cover the loss you are ABOUT to have. Before you do anything, please contact the store where you purchased the vinyl and see if you can get more of it...you will want to have it on hand when the removal goes on. Just make sure you can return any unopen boxes. And remember: you MOST LIKELY will have DIFFERENT DYE LOTS...which can mean different colours. Once you have everything installed once more, try to keep 1-3 boxes for future repairs. Once these floors have been on the market for 18 months of more, they are DARN NEAR impossible to find again. The manufacturer makes a limited run and then they STOP making it. IF you need a repair in, say, 5 years you will NEVER find this stuff again. Never. So keep up to 100sf on hand (that depends heavily on HOW MUCH flooring you have installed)....See Morefloorguy
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