Hi to all first post apapologizeut didn't know if this should go in tiling or flooring.
My wife got over zealous during the Christmas Sales and bought herself a new kitchen. I have been tasked with removing existing ceramic floor tiles to lay a new ceramic floor. Now the new tiled area is going to be bigger than the existing (extending into extension) and I have also noticed that there is a slight slope where the builders new flooring is slightly lower than the existing.
I have also trawled this site looking for answers on Tile Adhesive removal and have read that once it is down and set its set and only really a chisel will remove it.
My question is do I spend a good few hours chiselling the old adhesive off the floor or would it be quicker to remove high spots of adhesive and then use a levelling compound beings as the finished floors are slightly offset and then apply new tiles on top of that?
If levelling is the preferred method I assume that the time it takes to dry depends on how deep the layer is? Asking as I have small child and cat and no physical way of blocking off the area.
My wife got over zealous during the Christmas Sales and bought herself a new kitchen. I have been tasked with removing existing ceramic floor tiles to lay a new ceramic floor. Now the new tiled area is going to be bigger than the existing (extending into extension) and I have also noticed that there is a slight slope where the builders new flooring is slightly lower than the existing.
I have also trawled this site looking for answers on Tile Adhesive removal and have read that once it is down and set its set and only really a chisel will remove it.
My question is do I spend a good few hours chiselling the old adhesive off the floor or would it be quicker to remove high spots of adhesive and then use a levelling compound beings as the finished floors are slightly offset and then apply new tiles on top of that?
If levelling is the preferred method I assume that the time it takes to dry depends on how deep the layer is? Asking as I have small child and cat and no physical way of blocking off the area.
