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we had a master closet built out, and had about 100sf of porcelain tile removed.
the tile removal made the biggest mess I've ever seen, we were not prepared for that. Dust was everywhere throughout our house. Is there any effective method to minimize this? Next time we are going to put plastics sheets over the furniture.
the tile removal took longer than anticipated as it removed some of the underlying concrete. The guy started with a hammer, then rotohammer, then something else. It was really tedious job, is there another tool that could be used to make it quicker /easier? I've seen some kind of motorized scraper that you push, but none of the guys I spoke with use it.
we have another 2500 SF of tile we want to remove, but am now having second thoughts. Are there any over-the-top solutions, such as refinishing, ovrrlayment, etc.
Tile should be ripped out. You need to plastic off the area you're working on. There are specific zippers that are designed to be stuck to plastic dust walls to allow access.
For refinishing the concrete you can use this stuff Ardex. Its a really fine concrete patch/float. It's like drywall mud for concrete. If you're really good you can make concrete completely smooth surface. But yeah demo makes a mess.
Basically, you need floor to ceiling plastic to seal off the area. If a window is in the room, you can set up a fan to blow out. You can get an electric jack hammer with a wide chisel bit to go at it:
Maybe you'll be "lucky" and the installer didn't do a good job, making the tiles easy to pop off. Unfortunately, hard dusty/dirty work is in your future to do it right.
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