removing tiled floor

baldshaunieb

Hi all, just bought a house and am starting to redecorate etc. the kitchen diner is currently all tiled floor, i intend to split it and put laminate flooring down in the diner side. i am using a kango with a blade to remove the tiles, but a lot of the mortar is staying on the concrete floor. any tips on the best way to remove this. thanks for your time in advance.

Joey the lips

You just scrape as much of it as you can away. Some people use a lighter drill like an sds drill so it does not bounce as much.

However do not be surprised if you need to level the floor or lay a thin sheet of ply.

Tom Joad

Personally would use an SDS drill with the widest attachment they have in the hire shop - failing that a bolster chisel and hammer also works - depending on the size of the area. A kango is a bit of overkill for a job like this and more difficult to control.

baldshaunieb

Thanks to both for your comments, had to use a kango - floor area too big to use anything smaller - I have an sds drill and did consider it, glad i didn't! Am using the sds to sort out any remaining rough patches.