How To Remove Thinset From Cement Floor

The best way to remove thinset from a cement foundation in addition to renovating completely gutting and starting over in our kitchen we are also replacing all the flooring in the common areas of the house kitchen entryway family room dining room hallway.

How to remove thinset from cement floor.

Connect a 5 horsepower wet dry vacuum to the grinder by pressing its hose into the hole located in the dust shroud. If you need to grind thin set from the floor of a small room say 80 100 sqft then using a diamond disc on an angle grinder will work beautifully and the project should only take a couple of days and cost you a measly 40 plus a replacement shop vac filter. Since i m putting down new large sized floor tiles getting the old tiles off was just the first step. Otherwise hire a pro or at least rent the appropriate tools if you can afford them.

The most effective and easiest way to remove mastic or thinset from a concrete floor after the tiles have been removed. The cheapest way to deal with thinset is to get a heavy duty scraping tool such as a chisel and start going to town prying the stuff off the concrete before installing your ceramic tile floor. Link to my other video on how to remo. The thinset on the floor.

Remove the remaining thinset with an angle grinder. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. After the old tiles were removed there were still large areas of thinset stuck to the concrete that were obviously not level.