How To Remove Plastic Floor Tiles

Break up the first tile with the blunt edge of a hammer image 1 and then use a chisel to pry up the remainder of the first tile.

How to remove plastic floor tiles. Push the scraper forward with. Continue removing the tiles using a chisel and mallet. To learn how to remove the mastic or thinset after removing tile go here to my other video.

Once this first tile is removed place the chisel against the bottom edge of adjacent tiles apply pressure with your hammer and the tiles should pop up easily image 2. Take a long handled scraper and start working it under the tile. However if they were set in mortar follow these steps for proper tile flooring removal.

Grab the hammer with your opposite hand. A heat gun also works well when you are removing glued down vinyl tiles. How to remove plastic tile flooring 1.

Start on one end of the room and then work your way across the floor. Press the tip of the scraper at a joint in the tiles. Turn the heat gun on low wait for it to sufficiently heat up and wave it around the junction between the flooring and the underlayment.

Place the pry bar s razor against the tile. Break up the first tile with a hammer. Hit the tile in the center with a hammer.

Lower the handle of the scraper to a 45 degree angle and push down to drive the scraper s blade below the tiles. Remove the grout grout locks a tile in place sealing the joints between individual pieces. Or try to heat up the top side of the flooring in a small section then pull that section back.