Need to remove a large area of floor tiles (approx 12"x12" tiles) in our
kitchen.. They are on a reinforced concrete slab, so basically I need to
remove without too much damage to slab, clean slab and replace.

So anyone recommend a SDS drill and/or breaker suitable for the job ? Don't
mid buying if not too much and does the job reasonably well.

A mate said hire one as you can hire something big enough for the job and
also get plenty of sharpened chisel bits.

Ian_m wrote:
Need to remove a large area of floor tiles (approx 12"x12" tiles) in
our kitchen.. They are on a reinforced concrete slab, so basically I
need to remove without too much damage to slab, clean slab and
replace.

So anyone recommend a SDS drill and/or breaker suitable for the job ?
Don't mid buying if not too much and does the job reasonably well.

A mate said hire one as you can hire something big enough for the job
and also get plenty of sharpened chisel bits.

try the cheapest option first: 4" brick bolster and a 5lb lump hammer.

you get a great forearm pump, too.

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:11:01 GMT, "." [email protected] wrote:

Ian_m wrote:
Need to remove a large area of floor tiles (approx 12"x12" tiles) in
our kitchen.. They are on a reinforced concrete slab, so basically I
need to remove without too much damage to slab, clean slab and
replace.

So anyone recommend a SDS drill and/or breaker suitable for the job ?
Don't mid buying if not too much and does the job reasonably well.

A mate said hire one as you can hire something big enough for the job
and also get plenty of sharpened chisel bits.

try the cheapest option first: 4" brick bolster and a 5lb lump hammer.

you get a great forearm pump, too.

Typing as someone who has just tried both approaches to clearing tiles
and 3/4" of mortar from a kitchen wall - picture here -

http://www.easytiger.plus.com/kitchen/medium/0014.jpg

I can tell you that progress with an SDS drill is about 5X quicker
than with hammer and chisel. It took me 3 hours the hard way to clear
about a metre of wall and the same again to do the remaining 4-5m with
the SDS drill. The SDS is also much better at tidying up ragged bits
of rock too. No contest

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Ian_m pretended :
So anyone recommend a SDS drill and/or breaker suitable for the job ? Don't
mid buying if not too much and does the job reasonably well.

A mate said hire one as you can hire something big enough for the job and
also get plenty of sharpened chisel bits.

One of the cheap and cheerful SDS plus drills about £20-£30 - providing
it has the option of impact with no rotation, will easily do what you
want. Much cheaper than hiring one.

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