Best Way To Remove Thinset From Concrete Slab

I ve been doing flooring for 15 years and so far best thing is a o pneumatic hammer with a thinset removal bit.

Best way to remove thinset from concrete slab.

Since i ve never tried to remove thinset from concrete before i did what most diyers do in this situation i googled it. It will chisel the thinset off the cement like butter they said. Place a 1 inch 2 5 cm putty knife at a 45 degree angle to the remaining thinset patches. March 21 2019 at 5 41 pm.

If you are lucky the concrete slab will have a slick. You should notice the thinset patches breaking apart after about 20 to 30 seconds of hammering. Works realky well for small areas like kitchens or bathroons. Depending on what you will be replacing the tile with you may not need to remove all the thinset.

Way to tackle it. Which meant removing tile and thinset from the concrete foundation. Rotary hammer drill via amazon everything i read said to buy a 2 tile chisel for the hammer drill. All posts flooring projects and plans remodeling 101 tile.

Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. If it is a small area you can get by with a margin trowel like a brick trowel but with a rectangular blade to scrape. We decided the basement floors were something we had to update before we can sell this house. Just skim a new coat.

Remove smaller patches of thinset using a chisel.