removing bathroom tiles

a short video on how to remove ceramic wall tiles on a bathroom wall with a paper scraper and a hammer.
i was wearing gloves for a bit of protection from any sharp shards of tile falling on my hand..
i would also recommend wearing some safety goggles as well.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bathroom
• wall
• tiles
• removing
• ceramic
• hammer
• gloves
• goggles

[jordanshark]

they were just stuck onto a a normal internal wall

[mcdavidhome100]

Man it looks like very painstaking work. I would to do the same thing to my bathroom. I have that old looking 1970's tile in mine and I wonder will it be as easy to take off.

[jordanshark]

@mcdavidhome100 it was not as bad as it looks it took me about two days to remove them all and that was with a break of going to work for 8 hours!!!

[jillhbaudhaan]

I have two questions for you....does the age of the tile matter (how long it's been on the bath walls)??? and what is the name of the tool you start using at 4:43???

Thanks in advance

[jordanshark]

@jillhbaudhaan  i am using a long handled paint/paper scraper which is also ideal for scraping the old tile adhesive of the walls.

the older the tiles are are probably easier to get off than the newer ones i suspect.these tiles were probably on the walls for about 5/10 years at a guess.

[SierraSurfer1979]

What surface are the tiles bonded to? Is that just drywall, or is it a paintable hardibacker board?

[Bensonisdead]

@Janetofalltrades New backer board yes! it just will save time and frustration and why not for just a few dollars more

[Janetofalltrades]

After you remove the tile can you reuse the existing board? Or do I need to add a new backer board?

[MrAnapolon83]

hahaha

[SuperVincent2011]

omg hope you dont charge by the hr 3mins 10 sec to take 4 tiles

[33DMason]

that will take all day

[714JN]

After I saw this I went ahead and removed the tile walls in my brothers bathroom, even though he wasn't planing on remodeling

[juscuzable]

That was a great video, to learn from. I believe i can finally change that crazy looking tile in my bathroom

[skartoguy]

Hello,

Cool video. I just wish I had watched it before I tried removing my tile. I made a few nice holes in the wall by removing tile that was poorly glued. There was no grout, just the cement glue stuff. Is dry wall easy to patch up? Do I need to remove the plastered wall and reboard? Thank you!