Remove floor tiles

[bluesea]

We have stone effect white riven tiles on top of a timber floor in the kitchen which extend wall to wall under the kitchen units and we want to remove them.
We are feed up of trying to keep these tiles clean which is hard work and time consuming. has anyone had experience of having to do this, the tiles are well stuck down. We thought about laying new floor ontop of old tiles but this would cause the adjoining hall way floor to be at a lower level which we do not want.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Hammer and chisel required.

 

[tpt]

or an sds drill with a wide chisel bit

 

[bluesea]

Thanks for replies, looks like i might look at over laying the tiles with vinyl due to the amount of work and cost to remove the old tiles.

 

[Maxsys]

If laying vinyl over the top be careful, you may want to use a self levelling compound first as over time the pattern of the tiles may come back through the vinyl.

 

[bluesea]

Does that depend on thickness of vinyl, would it still come through the thick stuff

 

[Maxsys]

Not sure really, but i have seen it happen, hence my post.