Got a big job coming up in the bathroom. Gotta remove all the tiles, any idea of the best way to remove the adhesive from the walls?
I have a multi cutter, but is there anything that will soften the adhesive, which looks like a sort of cement, rather than glue. It’s hard as.
Here is a thought, do you have to remove all the tiles. I once had to tile an already tiled (halfway) bathroom. There was nothing wrong with the tiles, they looked great. I was not able to find those tiles any more, but was able to find other tiles in the same size but in a different colour but the pattern was as close as d*mmit, so I tiled the top half with the new tiles. It looked amazing, as if it was planed to be like that. I think it looked even better with the two different tiles, than if the whole wall was done in either one.
On another job, I replaced the in-wall taps with on-the-wall bar taps. The tiles and trim-ties used in this bathroom and en-suite, is beautiful and look expensive. The only tiles that needed replacing, was where the HUGE hole for the in-wall tap was. Again I was not able to find these tiles or anything even close to it. After a long search, I found one opened-taped-up-again box of tiles at B&Q of an end-of-range tiles. This was the only box left. The length of it was the same as the width of the existing tiles, and its width added up to just less than the length (height) of the existing tiles. I ended up removing only the "broken" tiles as well as the by now torn and broken plasterboard from behind it. Note, I removed only the bit of board from behind the tile(s). I re-plumbed the pipe for the new bar-tap, through that one-tile hole. I then installed stud supports so that the edge of the new board would have support, a bit tricky but I got it done, then installed clean shower backing board into that gap and put sealant along its edge. I then installed two of the new "half" tiles sideways into each gap, after having cut two holes into one tile for the new bar-tap. The original tiles had a pattern, the new tiles were smooth with a sloped edge. It sounds as if it would not work but it did. When you look at it now, you will not even notice there are different tiles. When I have pointed it out to people (to boast), they never noticed it before and think it was deliberately tiled like that from the start. They are surprised to hear it was added afterwards, this is because the new tiles have a smooth surface and the existing tiles a textured surface. It looks as if the smooth surface tiles were deliberately used to give a nice flat surface for the tap to sit on. It looks better then the original tiles did.
So unless your wife told you to replace the tiles (in that case play it save and replace everything), consider a much cheaper, cleaner and easier option, something like what I had done, before ripping out existing tiles. You will have more money left for shooting.
