Des wrote:

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
. net...

I was planning on taking a hammer and chisel to them - but is there a
better/recommended way of doing it.

See thread "Following on from the SDS drill discussion earlier, anyone

rate

NuTool stuff?" above. I'd estimate doing the job you suggest with hammer

and

chisel would take half a day and leave hundreds of shards of tile stuck to
the wall. With an SDS chisel, about 15 minutes. Most tiles will come off
whole and unbroken. It is simply inconceivable that you wouldn't use an

SDS

chisel for this job. It is an intensely satisfying job.



Sounds just the job.

I'm assuming that one uses some form of chissel attachement on the drill
when removing tiles?
And what exactly does SDS stand for?



"Simply Dearer, Stupid"

Use a hammer and cold chisel. Reskim if necessary. Or tile over
existing. How much is two days of your time worth, against a shiny new
gimmick that takes space to store it? :-()

OTOH if you haven't got an electric tile cutting sawbench, get one. It
saves DAYS of nibbling and farting about when fitting tiles round pipes etc.


Des