Recent content by eldo

Thanks all. I ended up buying a rotary hammer and that wide chisel. It got it all up and I just decided to pull up the underlayment and replace it, in any case.

Thank you very much folks. I'm settling on throwing down a fresh 1/2" ply layer under the Ditra. I'll have to figure out an elegant way to handle the transition from tile to carpet as the finished tile will be higher than the carpet. Thanks again!

Thanks, nah, just plain old cold floor :)

Wayne, thank you very much!

Thanks Wayne. It's plywood. I'm not sure how thick but I'm going to check near my drain/overflow cutout.

I’m remodeling my bathroom and taken up all the floor tile. The tile was laid directly on a plywood underlayment that was glued and nails to the subfloor. My plan was to lay ditra under the tile. Should I replace the plywood underlayment and then lay the ditra? Should I be using something else...

Thank you, Jeff - The wide chisel on the impact hammer is making a difference. Definitely still gouging the plywood. Pivoting the question here, and happy to repost if this is now off-topic, but will I need to relevel the plywood with a leveling compound, before applying my decoupler? I’m just...

Thank Jeff. I’m getting pretty aggressive and have even tried an impact hammer at this point. The wall tiles and baseboard tiles are on there with thinset and I have a good feel for the effort to get those off. I am able to get a few of these floor tiles off but I’m gouging the heck out of the...

I'm starting a DIY bathroom renovation and I'm getting "stuck" trying to get this tile up off the floor. It doesn't seem to be applied with thinset. I'm not sure what the adhesive is but I've tried chisels, prybar, various blades on an oscillating tool and I can't do much more than damage the...

I'm starting to renovate my bathroom and am getting "stuck" on this floor tile. I am admittedly new at most of this but I can't seem to get these things off the floor cleanly. I've tried chisel, crowbar, oscillating tool, chisel. The adhesive doesn't seem to be a thinset. Any idea what this is...