How To Remove Old Tile From Bathroom Walls

Chip the grout along the grout lines use a ball peen or masonry hammer and cold chisel to tap the pieces free.

How to remove old tile from bathroom walls. Our shower room needs revamping. A wide blade putty knife is helpful in prying the tiles loose. Be careful to cut away only the grout and not into the wall. The only way the old tile was coming out of my bathroom was with a sledge hammer.

Give it a try by inserting a chisel putty knife or other flat tool in between the tile and the wall almost parallel to the wall. Cut away the grout surrounding the tile or tiles that you want to remove. Work slowly and at about a 45 degree angle. And i don t care what any one says demo sucks.

In some cases the only way to tear out the ceramic tile is with heavy equipment such as a jackhammer or air chisel. When you believe you have removed or cut away most of the grout stop and examine your work. If the toilet or a pedestal sink is covering the tile turn off the shutoff valve on the water supply line. Always wear safety glasses when removing ceramic tile.

Tiles installed with thinset or another tile adhesive often require more work to remove them. So in this video i will show you the part 1 where i removed the bathroom tiles. Remove the toilet if necessary. You may need to pry it off in two or three places if firmly attached.

I sadly made this same mistake redoing my bathroom and had to spend an all nighter removing old drywall and putting up cement backer board. Once those tiles loosen pry them off. I hope you will follow me through the proc. Tap the handle of the tool with a hammer until the tile comes away from the wall.

Pry the piece of tile up gently and slowly until it separates from the wall with ease. 7 remove each tile in turn working. Again do not pry away aggressively to prevent damage to the plaster.