M.Burns wrote:

What is the best way to remove some very old tile from a concrete floor?
Where tile had been wet or had something sitting on it, some tiles are
already loose and pop up. But on most of the floor tile is still firmly
attached with what appears to be a black adhesive. The hammer and chisel
routine just brings up 1 to 3 inch square chunks. Tile is the plyable stuff
..not ceramic. Also 12x12, not the 9x9 asbestos.
Any ideas for something faster?
home depot has a floor scraper about 6 ft. long pole with a small, about
4 inch wide blade on the end.. dont know what they are called, and how
much, but they were in the paint dept.. i did a laundry room about 6 ft.
by 8 ft. washer/dryer/hot water heater i the room... like yours some of
the tile were already up.. i then used some razor blade knives, the
kind with the single edge to the front like a chisel. i also had a
masonary chisel which i could hit(about 4 in wide blade)... i had a
small area and no hurry so i just did a few each day until i got the
whole thing out, i then worked the concrete with a new blade in the
scraper each day to make sure nothing would interfer with the new
tile... kinda cold outside..... make sure you leave the new tiles in
the room where you are going to install them for a few days... Exp: if
you leave them in a cold area and put them down and the floor warms up
then the tiles will expand and then mess up your floor job... if its
summer and you leave them in a hot ass garage for a few days then put
them into your home which is cool you gonna have them shrink back to
their normal size and they will have spaces between the tiles......