Anyone have tile removed lately from a concrete foundation? And I don't mean some dude off the street that leaves your house covered in thinset dust. Just wondering what it runs these days. I'm in DFW if it matters. Most of my house, outside of the bedrooms, are tile. I'm thinking about removing it all and replacing with vinyl plank at some point. The biggest pain is getting most everything out of the house and having the tile removed.

Can't you just put the tile on top?

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And I don't mean some dude off the street that leaves your house covered in thinset dust.

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yah, best hire someone who is certified from the American Tile Removal Association.

Get a hammer drill with a blade attachment and hire some dude off the street to go to town.

terradactylexpress said:

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Can't you just put the tile on top?

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I don't see that working too well. In my house the tile is under the baseboard, and the added thickness of the new flooring would come above the baseboard, not to mention the baseboards cover any rough edges that generally happen with flooring installation.

terradactylexpress said:

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Can't you just put the tile on top?

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I think some people will do it, but it really depends on how uniform and flat your tile is, as well as the grout line spacing. I have large tile with rough edges and wide grout lines. And as the other poster alluded to, it's gonna raise up your flooring height and you still have to account for baseboards, etc.

This is the most awful part of home reno. Dust, noise, and a crappy result. Incredible difficult to get the old stuff out without gouging the slab. Just hire some vato and spend the money on the best installer of the new flooring. .

Few years back I did about 400 sq ft of 4x4 saltillo in the kitchen area and then about 900 sq ft of parquet using the rented electric jackhammer and spade bit from HD. Started on a Friday morning and powered through until Late saturday without a lot of breaks.

Tile, came up fairly easy, left a pretty good surface. I never noticed any gouging. Have to figure in the collection and removal when done, that ends up bring more than you think at first (at least it surprised me).

Wood Parquet. I hate the memory. We had a couple of small water leaks through time and that came up with very little effort really got your hopes up. Then you would hit a stout patch and chip and scrap and leave some backing glue and chip in to pieces. Brutal, but I was bought in. Got it all done, the pounding in your head and body lasts a couple of days. Still needed to get a laborer to prep the floor to get a lot of the backing glue off and small chips but I saved a good chunk on the demo.

If it's just tile, I think it comes up easier than you might think, just be ready for the shovel and wheelbarrow out of the house into your disposal container. Dust masks, dust will be every where. Good head phones or ear protection. Good eye protection, that stuff ricochets.

Dust free tile removal done in June in Houston at $3 a square foot for 1000 square feet. I had done it before in my 20's and tried again on this. Discovered my floor tiles were still very well secured with a thick layer of mortar and said **** that after about an hour. Well worth the money. It took a crew of about 7 a whole day. Interesting enough, talked to the owner and all of the dust free large companies in Houston are his. No matter who you call, it's his company. Rent a hammer and if the tiles just pop up, DIY it. Otherwise, call in the pros because your body will hate you otherwise.

Trench55 said:

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terradactylexpress said:

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Can't you just put the tile on top?

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I don't see that working too well. In my house the tile is under the baseboard, and the added thickness of the new flooring would come above the baseboard, not to mention the baseboards cover any rough edges that generally happen with flooring installation.

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Just put quarter round down after the flooring is installed.

PoppaB05 said:

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Dust free tile removal done in June in Houston at $3 a square foot for 1000 square feet. I had done it before in my 20's and tried again on this. Discovered my floor tiles were still very well secured with a thick layer of mortar and said **** that after about an hour. Well worth the money. It took a crew of about 7 a whole day. Interesting enough, talked to the owner and all of the dust free large companies in Houston are his. No matter who you call, it's his company. Rent a hammer and if the tiles just pop up, DIY it. Otherwise, call in the pros because your body will hate you otherwise.

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I haven't taken measurements, but I've got a total of about 1200 - 1300 sqft. I'm more than happy to pay someone to take all of it out . Thanks man!

Having removed and replaced just a few tile when we remodeled s few years ago I won't even think twice about paying the experts when the time comes.

I did it myself a couple years ago - only had a couple hundred sq ft though to do. I used a Bosch SDS-Max rotary hammer with both a tile chisel and a thinset scraper. It's messy. You can use a water spray bottle to keep the dust down somewhat.

For larger jobs you (or they) can rent a wheeled machine to do the same thing.

Definitely pay someone to do it lol, would not recommend doing it yourself if you have whole house tile to remove.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think $3k is a lot to pay for just tile removal. I'm sure they do a great job, but it's an easy way to save money on a project. I've done 1000 sq ft with a Bosch hammer and scraper over a couple days. Not fun, but I'll happily pay myself $1500 a day for that.

BenTheGoodAg said:

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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think $3k is a lot to pay for just tile removal. I'm sure they do a great job, but it's an easy way to save money on a project. I've done 1000 sq ft with a Bosch hammer and scraper over a couple days. Not fun, but I'll happily pay myself $1500 a day for that.

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What did you do for dust mitigation?

Father-in-law followed me around with a shop vac and a spray bottle pointed at the thinset bit. It did a decent job mitigating dust. I didn't take anything off shelves or anything like that, but we did close up bedrooms and put towels under doors to limit dust travel where we could. Still had to dust the house afterwards, but not terrible.

Last fall, I replaced about 500 sq ft of tile with hardwood. As part of the deal, the flooring company removed the tile @ $3/ft. We also had them remove the baseboard and reinstall it afterwards, which was additional. Company is out of Denton and we are a ways NW of Fort Worth.

jtraggie99 said:

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BenTheGoodAg said:

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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think $3k is a lot to pay for just tile removal. I'm sure they do a great job, but it's an easy way to save money on a project. I've done 1000 sq ft with a Bosch hammer and scraper over a couple days. Not fun, but I'll happily pay myself $1500 a day for that.

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What did you do for dust mitigation?

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Hang plastic. Rent or buy a commercial negative air machine. You can rent the them from HD or Sunbelt. I bought a used Omniaire 2000 cheap off Craigslist and replaced the filter. Has come in handy for drywall, tile, painting, floor sanding.