"Sacramento Dave" wrote in message
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"Art" wrote in message
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We have a poorly executed tile floor in our master bath. Tiles are
builder standard quality on a masonry mud base with a metal grid embedded
in the mud. Unfortunately the jacuzzi in the master bath is cantilevered
and the framing wasn't strong enuf when the jacuzzi was filled with water
causing the tiles to crack the length of the bath. We are going to
switch to a more forgiving flooring material like laminate (my parents
have Mannington laminate in a bathroom for several years now and no
problems with it getting wet from a shower whatsoever). My question is,
what would be the recommended procedure to destroy the bathroom floor
tile and mud.
Thanks in advance.
Once you get a starting place You can get a crow-bar under it and
raise as much as you can . When you have pressure on the bar you might
have to hit it with a single jack to crack it. Make sure you are wearing
safety Glasses or a face shield, also what I did was put a old bath over
it to stop the small pieces from flying. If you have access to a diamond
saw ( or grinder with diamond blade) you can make cuts in it to make
smaller pieces to pry up. The saw is a real dust maker , you can hold a
shop vac. by the blade when cutting to control dust.
I would never consider putting any kind of floor in a bathroom
that has a wood core. Just my opinion.


I was thinking of the diamond saw too. Thanks.

I would normally agree with you on the wood core floor but the Mannington
click laminate has performed very well. We had it put into 2 bathrooms in
my parents condo to replace vinyl. They are 80 and 90 years of age
respectively and I am sure they get the bathroom floor extremely wet after a
bath or shower but so far in 3 years it still looks brand new. I talked to
Mannington before getting theirs installed and they told me all edges were
well treated against water and held up far better than the old glue floors
which depended on installer's abilities. All you have to do is put silicone
caulk at the edges which is then covered by moldings and it should hold up
to everything but flooding according to Mannington.