I am trying to remove some flooring in my hallway and it is a slow and tedious job. The vinyl tiles are fairly easy to rip up but there is a layer of something else that is pretty hard between the tiles and the concrete. I was wondering if anyone can tell from the photo what it is? Adhesive? Levelling compound? Both? Any ideas on the best products/tools to remove it? Many thanks!
Certainly tile adhesive. Can be a pig to get up: I have a tile lifting chisel for the sds which is brilliant for the tile but not a lot of help in this situation if the adhesive is stuck better to the concrete than the tile. Just done our kitchen. Cursed SWMBO for waiting 2 years after full strip out before wanting new tiles but with so many obstacles I didn't want to be too destructive so I resorted to self levelling to basically flatten the surface to make tiling easier. Could have just used more adhesive but the SF SLC was a lot cheaper and made tiling easier. Floor wound up about 4mm higher
Yip I had same problem, I attacked mine with the sds chisel as the tile adhesive was well stuck, I ended up having to use self levelling compound to repair the gouges I had made.