Best Way To Remove Thinset From Concrete Slab

We decided the basement floors were something we had to update before we can sell this house.

Best way to remove thinset from concrete slab.

Just skim a new coat. March 21 2019 at 5 41 pm. Since i ve never tried to remove thinset from concrete before i did what most diyers do in this situation i googled it. Today we learn how to take thinset off the floor with a nifty contraption i made.

I ve been doing flooring for 15 years and so far best thing is a o pneumatic hammer with a thinset removal bit. Use the flat end of a 2 pound 0 91 kg hand maul to hit the end firmly. If it is a small area you can get by with a margin trowel like a brick trowel but with a rectangular blade to scrape. You should notice the thinset patches breaking apart after about 20 to 30 seconds of hammering.

Way to tackle it. Rotary hammer drill via amazon everything i read said to buy a 2 tile chisel for the hammer drill. It will chisel the thinset off the cement like butter they said. If you are lucky the concrete slab will have a slick.

Which meant removing tile and thinset from the concrete foundation. Place a 1 inch 2 5 cm putty knife at a 45 degree angle to the remaining thinset patches. Works realky well for small areas like kitchens or bathroons. Remove smaller patches of thinset using a chisel.

Removing tile and thinset from concrete.