Flooring Tile - mud floor blues

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lark00217
06-03-02, 07:32 PM
I have to change the ceramic tile floor in my bathroom. Can anyone please give me any advice as how to go about getting these small tiles off a one half inch mud floor. I believe the mud floor must be on top of a plywood or wood subfloor because the bathroom is on the second floor of the house. Thanks

twelvepole
06-03-02, 10:39 PM
You can use a sledge hammer and chisel. You can also rent a pneumatic chisel. Wear goggles!
diemeto
06-04-02, 05:34 AM
best to take the whole mud floor out and redo, little more labor, about 20 bucks more for new mud - but a whole lot better

John Bridge
06-08-02, 04:10 PM
I think the mud must be thicker than a half-inch. If it's an older house, the mud could be a couple inches thick, in which case I would not remove it. I would either install the new tiles over the old, or remove the tiles only with a chipping hammer and install the new tiles over the mud with thin set.