How to Replace Tile Floors

If you have a tile floor that is cracked and in need of replacing then check out this process of tile removal and installation.

The first thing you want to do when replacing a tile floor is access the damage. Determine whether you can get by with just popping a couple of broken tiles up and replacing them, or if you have to remove and replace the whole flooring. Either way you are going to need the proper tools for tile removal. The most common tools used when replacing a whole floor is your everyday sledge hammer, along with the optional hand held hammer, and a scrapper for getting up any underlying tile cement.

Once you have your materials ready you can begin by using the hammer to crack the tiles into coming off. If you have low lying tiles then you can use the scrapper to start at the edge where the flooring meets another floor and get underneath the tile to pop it up. With low lying tile you don't really need the hammer as much as the scraper. Take the scraper and get underneath the tile and scrape along the edges where there is most likely tile cement to keep it in place. Once that is scrapped away the tile should easily pop up. If you are working with the larger tile that is lifted up a little bit you can work at it with the hammer until it cracks into pieces and comes off. With the larger tile you can't really use the scrapper because the cement is placed all through the tile.

Once the tile is cracked off, and scraped off you can look into the actual replacing process. With the replacing of the tile you want to mock the same installation as the original tile, starting at the edges and moving throughout the room. You want to plan out the tile placement to make sure you don't get a proper finish. Once you have the plan set and the tile ready you can begin using a tile cement to lay down the area where the tile will go. Continue to place the cement and the tiles in the marked places all around the room. When all the tiles are in place and cemented to the original concrete you need to let it set for a twenty four hour period, and then you are finished.

The main issue with replacing tile floors is lining the tiles into the correct place, and having the correct tile sizes. Once you have that all ready you can look forward to a new tile floor in a matter of days.

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