How To Remove Thinset From Cement Floor

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.

How to remove thinset from cement floor.

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. Otherwise hire a pro or at least rent the appropriate tools if you can afford them. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. Attach a 5 to 7 in 13 to 18 cm diamond cut wheel to an angle grinder with a 4 5 in 11 cm cup wheel.

The most effective and easiest way to remove mastic or thinset from a concrete floor after the tiles have been removed. After the old tiles were removed there were still large areas of thinset stuck to the concrete that were obviously not level. Since i m putting down new large sized floor tiles getting the old tiles off was just the first step. To prevent the tiles from cracking the floor also needs to be level.

Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made. The thinset on the floor. Remove the remaining thinset with an angle grinder.