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When someone says they’re doing a “complete rehab” and ask a question like this…
My answer is usually- “you don’t have enough money!” Because you didn’t hire the right person for the job. Keep your “sweat equity” to the things you know you can do without question.
When someone says they’re doing a “complete rehab” and ask a question like this…
My answer is usually- “you don’t have enough money!” Because you didn’t hire the right person for the job. Keep your “sweat equity” to the things you know you can do without question.
This is a project I've been working on for a few years, LOL. I buy houses at auction and flip them or turn into rentals, but others have come along that we're easier and faster, so this one always got pushed to the back of the line. Not many foreclosures right now though, so I've got time to put into it.
This one had fire damage, so had to be gutted down to the studs.
If I hated the pink tiles that much (which I wouldn't - "Save the Pink Bathroom!"), I'd use a good epoxy paint to cover them instead. It's much easier and lasts indefinitely. There are even latex paints that do the trick now. JMHO.
They don't really bother me, but the old cast iron tub had to go, and it was one of those with the curved front, and the tiles were laid around the tub. There would be a gap after the new tub went in.
They don't really bother me, but the old cast iron tub had to go, and it was one of those with the curved front, and the tiles were laid around the tub. There would be a gap after the new tub went in.
Got it - that puts a different spin one it for sure. I removed a 50's blue tile floor at my last house (due to some water damage to the sub-floor) by hand. I wouldn't recommend doing that to anyone.
I've rented a jackhammer from the local Ace store, but it was big and VERY heavy. I don't remember it coming with a scraper blade.
I may check with Home Depot and see if they rent a smaller one that I can use more easily.
Just look at the electric hammer/drills in the link I posted above. These things weight around 15-20 pounds. The chisel blades come in different sizes and widths. Some have a pointed tip to punch holes, while others have chiseled edges or blades from one-inch to perhaps 4 inches in width. The scraper blades are from 3-6 inches (or so).
It seems that you dug too deep under the tiles, so you may have to pour a new concrete subfloor over the top of the old floor-once you remove the tile floor (?).
Just look at the electric hammer/drills in the link I posted above. These things weight around 15-20 pounds. The chisel blades come in different sizes and widths. Some have a pointed tip to punch holes, while others have chiseled edges or blades from one-inch to perhaps 4 inches in width. The scraper blades are from 3-6 inches (or so).
It seems that you dug too deep under the tiles, so you may have to pour a new concrete subfloor over the top of the old floor-once you remove the tile floor (?).
Over at "youtube.com" there are some videos like this one:
What I'm trying to do is get the floor down level with what's in the rest of the house. The floor in that bathroom is higher than the rest of the house due to that inch thick layer of extra concrete.
The clean area of concrete in the first pic is actually where the bathtub sits, so that shows just how much they built it up on the outside of the tub. No idea why they didn't just put the tiles directly on the slab like what's typically done.
What I'm trying to do is get the floor down level with what's in the rest of the house. The floor in that bathroom is higher than the rest of the house due to that inch thick layer of extra concrete.
The clean area of concrete in the first pic is actually where the bathtub sits, so that shows just how much they built it up on the outside of the tub. No idea why they didn't just put the tiles directly on the slab like what's typically done.
Tile can be scraped off a concrete slab, however in your particular case, the tile has been installed using a “mud set” base so it cannot be scraped clean as indicated in the video.
To raise your floor to the specific height required, it could be easily accomplished using cement board.
I'm doing a complete rehab of a house that was built in 1962 and it has these little pink tiles in the bathroom that are in a bed of cement about an inch thick. This stuff seems to be a major job to remove and isn't coming loose from the slab beneath it very easily. I thought about taking a jackhammer to it but I'm afraid I'll ruin the slab. Have any of you removed these before?
This house was built solid, the tiles in the shower had about two inches of cement behind them with wire mesh. The poor demo guy I had working then almost gave himself a hernia trying to remove it.
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