Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Sep 16, 2013 6:45 pm We are attempting to renovate our ensuite and realise that we need some advice. The bathroom is lined with gyprock type plasterboard or similar and is tiled on 3 walls about 1800mm up the walls. I've read on this forum that it might be easier to remove the gyprock with the tiles still attached. How do I this? Also, how do we remove floor tiles? Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 2Sep 16, 2013 9:29 pm Staceygrant We are attempting to renovate our ensuite and realise that we need some advice. The bathroom is lined with gyprock type plasterboard or similar and is tiled on 3 walls about 1800mm up the walls. I've read on this forum that it might be easier to remove the gyprock with the tiles still attached. How do I this? Also, how do we remove floor tiles? Any help/advice would be much appreciated. In some ways you are right, if you are starting from scratch probably best to gut the lot. To remove the wall board (be careful around these parts some people may get upset by your use of the word gyproc) get a hammer and break a tile and the board, should give you something to hang onto to then pull on the board. I am of course assuming here that all fittings etc have been removed and that you are 100% sure the board is not asbestos, if not, or your not sure get in a pro. As for removing the floor tiles, could be as easy as breaking one with a hammer and then using a screw driver to pop the rest, or buy/hire a power scraper to pop them up. The power scrapper should have a chisel bit for popping and a scrapper bit for cleaning up the left over glue and gunk. Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 3Sep 16, 2013 11:37 pm Thanks AJW Sorry about my poor terminology. Knowing what everything is called is a challenge in itself so thanks for the heads up. The possible asbestos factor is a concern for me too so I've sent a few emails to request a pro to come and check things out. I'll attack the floor tiles tomorrow. Hopefully they don't attack me back! Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 4Sep 19, 2013 12:51 pm Love to hear how you get on with the floor as we will soon be doing the same Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 5Oct 14, 2013 6:24 pm Hi, I'd remove the wall lining complete with attached tiles. It is quite hard to remove securely attached tiles with little damage at all to the old wall lining. Also, if you are planning large size wall tiles in the reno, you can get a far better looking finished job if the lining is new, smooth (no old adhesive), and above all, level, even and plumb. To get such a surface you may have to plane the wall studs, or pack out the lining in places. Smaller tiles are not so sensitive to this. You can also conduct a more thorough inspection for any signs of rot or leakages, which must be fixed. Cheers Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 6Oct 31, 2013 6:41 am We are about to rip out our ensuite tiles/plasterboard this weekend!! When we purchased our 'newly renovated' house, we had leaking issues in our ensuite and have pretty much been in battle ever since and unable to use the shower in our ensuite. After a long drawn out battle (which ended through VCAT- we won , and just receiving payout) we are finally getting our ensuite re-done in the coming weeks!! So this interests me because step dad is coming with trailer this very day and we are getting stuck into demolition mode this weekend doing the exact same thing!! We don;'t intend to try and save the plasterboard so will just be going 'hammer and tongs' (literally ) to demolish it without trying to save the plasterboard. Our ensuite adjoins our son's bedroom so we are taking the opportunity to start from scratch in terms of making the room as insulated as possible (need to go back and find a recent thread from here about soundproofing rooms and using a special sound check plasteboard??). We will also be putting in sound batts (I think they are called) and will retile to the ceiling. Hopefully all of these things will contribute to lessening the sound that carries between the bathroom into our son's room - and vice versa. Not sure if this is something you need to consider when redoing your bathroom - depending on what rooms it adjoins. The asbestos thing now has me a tad concerned because this bathroom is part of the original house - not part of the new extensionn . How can you tell if it is asbestos as opposed to plasterboard? Thinking about it, I dare say it would be plasterboard because our ensuite was the old house bathroom so it would have been tiled (I imagine) and as you have mostly said, they would have had a hard time ripping off the tiles and leaving the boards in tact. But is there an easy way to check?? Anyway, bathroom guy is coming in a couple of weeks - or as soon as we are ready for him, so after all this time (we have been without our ensuite shower or tiled bathroom floor for at least 18 months - probably closer to 2 years??), we are so excited to finally get our ensuite back and hopefully finished before Xmas. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack, just thought I'd mention about soundproofing in case it is something that you might like to consider also while you have the chance. Good luck with your reno. HHCIB Re: Removing Bathroom Tiles - options 7Oct 31, 2013 7:55 am In relation to the asbestos the easy way to check is to see what is written on the back if the board. Clearly to do that you need to break it in which case the damage and fibres are in the air so not really a good option. The other way is up come through an adjacent wall that you know is gyproc and see what is written but thats more damage to fix. 6 11152 The best advice is for you to get a competent building consultant to guide you through your build 7 4688 Standard uninsulated double brick has an R value of around 0.7. An insulated standard 90mm stud timber frame can have an R value of around 2.7. Even if you insulate a… 17 12069 |