Ot vinyl floor tiles

Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:38 pm

as its lashing down we are faffing about in doors right now and tomorrow i have to get about 20 m of vinyl tiles up that are stuck to the screed,when i say stuck i mean like s**t to a blanket

any of you men got any tips please?
cheers LLL

Post: # 26379Post **seanandruby** Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:30 pm

Try an old iron. put a cloth down and iron over it with the iron up on full heat. might work. ???

andpartington · Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:40 pm

a shovel is the classic method

andy

Post: # 26384Post **Tony McC** Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:19 pm

Isn't there a tile-lifter yoke? A little bolster-width blade fixed to a vibrating chassis that you push between tile and substrate, lifting the stubborn vinyl tiles as you go. I remember seeing one being used to remove hermetically-bonded lino from yorkstone flags salvaged from a row of terraced houses in Bolton years ago.

Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:06 am

cheers fellas
tried a spade already andy, but they are well stuck,
i can demo hammer them ,but i'm trying not to wreck the screed
will look for an iron in the morning
cheers LLL

Post: # 26388Post **seanandruby** Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:48 am

.... or any other safe source of heat to soften the glue

matt h · Post: # 26395Post **matt h** Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:36 am

I usually used a long blade scrapper with a broom handle for extra shunt. You can buy them real cheap at most builders merchants. Any stubborn ones left I just use my 3inch bolster Need to get some glue cleaner to get rid of heavy glue deposits for a flat finish;)

warnergrounds.co.uk · Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:25 pm

the other half swears by nitromors - that varnish stripper stuff. He scratches the surface of the vinyl with a stanley blade and then leaves the stuff on overnight to soften the adhesive. They come up lovely so I'm told!

If they are the Marley type council housing tiles then a blunt chisel and hammer works a treat - we had those in our kitchen!