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   maverick | Dec 05, 2008 03:38am | #1

   sledge, pinch bar, hilti hammer drill.

   ...pray theres no metal lathe

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   frammer52 | Dec 05, 2008 04:34am | #2

   .sledge, pinch bar, hilti hammer drill.

   I was afraid of that.  I was hoping someone knew of a shortcut.

   Metal also:(

    

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   dug | Dec 05, 2008 07:11am | #6

   That is the shortcut.....

     Really , with a hammer drill and a wide bit an average bath  will only take a couple hours from start to clean up.

     dug

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   Ted W. | Dec 05, 2008 05:11pm | #8

   Sometimes the quickest and easiest way to get it done is to stop looking for the quicker and easier way, and just get it done. =)

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   Edited 12/5/2008 7:25 pm by Ted W.

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   frammer52 | Dec 05, 2008 07:23pm | #11

   I know, I am procastinating>G<

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   Dinosaur | Dec 05, 2008 05:32am | #3

   Jackhammer.

    

   Go easy. Short bursts and don't lean on it.

    

    

   G'wan, admit it. You've always secretly wanted to run one o' those things....

   Dinosaur

   How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
   low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
   foolish men call Justice....
   

   

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   Robrehm | Dec 05, 2008 06:32am | #5

   or a tile removal machine. ask for a vct stripper, depot & Lowes rent them. they work."this dog may be old but he ain't cold. And he still knows how to bury a bone."

   Lattimore

    

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   spd09 | Dec 05, 2008 06:27am | #4

   That wet bed is probale there for a reson .

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   KFC | Dec 05, 2008 08:41am | #7

   what's under the 2" of concrete?

   felt on ply?  slab? 

   I might try cutting the mortar bed into 2' x 2' sections and popping them up with a pinch bay if I thought they would be free from the substrate.  if its mud on slab, I'd use the rotohammer.

   k

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   frammer52 | Dec 05, 2008 07:22pm | #10

   Wood flooring.

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   KFC | Dec 05, 2008 08:15pm | #13

   in that case I probably would try to pry/crack it into sections.  i guess if there's chicken wire or lath, that may be nailed down, but even so...

   If you can lift an edge a smidge, or maybe cut a trough through the middle, then get a bar under it, set a wedge or block, you should be able to score it and crack it.  it's easier to break if it's got room underneath for bending, and i'd also rather take out bigger chunks than rubble and dust.  goes for walkways and slabs, too.

   the hardest part is usually getting that first chunk out.

   k

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   Scott | Dec 05, 2008 07:08pm | #9

   Are you trying to remove the tile or the concrete or both? If it's just the tile, I've seen it done with a square-tipped garden spade.

   Scott.

   Always remember those first immortal words that Adam said to Eve, “You’d better stand back, I don’t know how big this thing’s going to get.”

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   frammer52 | Dec 05, 2008 07:23pm | #12

   Both