Glenn - Most importantly, you need to keep the dust out of your lungs
and the rest of the house. I recommend a respirator that you can pick up
for under $30 at lots of places. Also, seal the door with plastic or put
a fan in the window sucking out to keep the dust out of the house. Also
add eye protection and hearing protection if using power tools.
If you have plaster walls on the other side of the tile that you don't
want to disturb, I'd use caution with a big sledge hammer. Someone else
mentioned a grout blade in an oscillating cutter. While they do work
well and are easy to control, for demo, I recommend a diamond blade in
an angle grinder because it is much faster. Wear gloves. Do a vertical
cut down the center of the stud bays following a grout line. If the tile
goes to the ceiling, consider a horizontal cut near the top so you don't
mess up the ceiling too much. You can then push in and pry out to pop of
the tile in 16" wide segments.
Brian
On 3/7/2013 7:20 AM, Glenn Owen wrote:
> I have a circa 1964 house - baths have ceramic tile walls set on a mortar bed
> with metal lath. I want to remove all the old tile along with the mortar bed
> and lath down to the naked studs to make way for removing the (pink) tub and
> prepping for a new shower install. I understand this is a dusty and not so
> easy task. I can handle the dust, but does any one have
> experience/recommendations on tools and techniques to use for such a demo job.
> Youtube did not provide much help that I could find.
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Glenn
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