"Des" wrote:

Hello Des

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

YES!

Sorry, but I wish somebody had told me this before I spent so long
with grazed knuckles.

USE A GARDEN SPADE!

That's it. Extremely fast method of removing tiles. May damage
plasterboard if you're brutal, but then so will doing it any other
way.

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Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK
uk.d-i-y FAQ: http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/