Friday, October 30, 2009
Tile Removal
Removing Stubborn Tile!!!!
Recently Duraclean Restoration Specialists of Duraclean Central did a job where tile removal was necessary. Unfortunately in this case it was extremely difficult to remove. Following is the account of how this problem was overcome.
by Dave Horwath, Director of Market Development - Duraclean Central
"(Attached are a few pictures of the floor we did this past week with dry ice.)
"It was the first time any of us can remember that a self stick tile could not be easily removed from the wood under it. When we tried to remove it would only break off in small pieces. Once a small piece was broken off it would break off in a way that the bottom part was still stuck to the floor and the broken edge would slope up to the top of the tile like a ski slope. This issue made it almost impossible to get a floor scraper, tile scraper or chisel under the tile to break off the next small piece of tile. The only way to get under the tile was to gouge the wood and then we would take too much wood with the small piece of tile that would be removed.
"This process was taking a huge amount of time. I had read quite some time ago about placing dry ice on top of the tile to freeze the tile and the glue. We didn’t know how much dry ice to get and as it turned out we could have used half the amount we purchased. The dry ice was $1.00 per lb. We got (4) 2 in. thick blocks that were about 12 in. square.
"After placing a block of dry ice on a tile and waiting a few min. we hit the side of the tile with a hand held tile scraper and the entire tile popped off in 2 large pieces. No wood was removed. Once we learned how long it took to freeze the tile we finished the rest of the floor in about 15 min. Almost all of the dry ice was left."
Recently Duraclean Restoration Specialists of Duraclean Central did a job where tile removal was necessary. Unfortunately in this case it was extremely difficult to remove. Following is the account of how this problem was overcome.
by Dave Horwath, Director of Market Development - Duraclean Central
"(Attached are a few pictures of the floor we did this past week with dry ice.)
"It was the first time any of us can remember that a self stick tile could not be easily removed from the wood under it. When we tried to remove it would only break off in small pieces. Once a small piece was broken off it would break off in a way that the bottom part was still stuck to the floor and the broken edge would slope up to the top of the tile like a ski slope. This issue made it almost impossible to get a floor scraper, tile scraper or chisel under the tile to break off the next small piece of tile. The only way to get under the tile was to gouge the wood and then we would take too much wood with the small piece of tile that would be removed.
"This process was taking a huge amount of time. I had read quite some time ago about placing dry ice on top of the tile to freeze the tile and the glue. We didn’t know how much dry ice to get and as it turned out we could have used half the amount we purchased. The dry ice was $1.00 per lb. We got (4) 2 in. thick blocks that were about 12 in. square.
"After placing a block of dry ice on a tile and waiting a few min. we hit the side of the tile with a hand held tile scraper and the entire tile popped off in 2 large pieces. No wood was removed. Once we learned how long it took to freeze the tile we finished the rest of the floor in about 15 min. Almost all of the dry ice was left."
Labels: Technical, Tile Removal, Water Damage Restoration
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