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Removing slate floor tiles
I've been asked to remove some slate floor tiles in a massive kitchen.
They seem to be laid on a layer of plywood or possibly blockboard which is in turn laid onto the original floorboards. The owners want to salvage as many as possible so the can sell them. The tiles are about 20mm thick. Questions: 1. How do I remove them 2. Will they come off whole or are they more likely to break I'm thinking of doing it by levering my massive crowbar under the blockboard/plywood layer to loosen than in the hope that the flexing of the layer will break the bond between the tiles and the blockboard layer. Any tips would be appreciated. |
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wrote: I've been asked to remove some slate floor tiles in a massive kitchen. Why on earth would they want them removed??? |
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"Tournifreak" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: I've been asked to remove some slate floor tiles in a massive kitchen. Why on earth would they want them removed??? I know that it's incredibly unlikely, but maybe they just don't like slate? H |
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HLAH wrote:
"Tournifreak" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: I've been asked to remove some slate floor tiles in a massive kitchen. Why on earth would they want them removed??? I know that it's incredibly unlikely, but maybe they just don't like slate? H A badly laid cheap slate floor is awful.. I have good fairly flat slate kitchen and it cleans up pretty well..we have dogs and cats and it needs it. In laws have even more animals, and kids, and don't clean it properly, and have a HEAVILY riven surface, and frankly, they might as well cover it in sawdust its so disgusting. It needs a good hands a knees scrub..which mine gets every six months. They don't do hands and knees and they Czech girl doesn't either. *******. There are people who aspire to slate, and natural wood, and all the magazine stuff, but whose sanitary habits are better suited to a sheet of cheap vinyl that gets relaid every year. |
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Removing slate floor tiles
On 2007-01-10 08:15:30 +0000, "Tournifreak" said:
wrote: I've been asked to remove some slate floor tiles in a massive kitchen. Why on earth would they want them removed??? I was wondering about that. They must be heathens or want to lay Flotex carpet or laminate I expect. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: There are people who aspire to slate, and natural wood, and all the magazine stuff, but whose sanitary habits are better suited to a sheet of cheap vinyl that gets relaid every year. I have to admit, for my own standards of housekeeping I'd be better off with one of Lubetkin's designs. Maybe the penguin pool at London zoo... |
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Andy Dingley wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: There are people who aspire to slate, and natural wood, and all the magazine stuff, but whose sanitary habits are better suited to a sheet of cheap vinyl that gets relaid every year. I have to admit, for my own standards of housekeeping I'd be better off with one of Lubetkin's designs. Maybe the penguin pool at London zoo... Indeed. When people aspire to a period style house, they should remember that they should also aspire to period style housemaids. |
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On 2007-01-11 11:54:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:
Andy Dingley wrote: The Natural Philosopher wrote: There are people who aspire to slate, and natural wood, and all the magazine stuff, but whose sanitary habits are better suited to a sheet of cheap vinyl that gets relaid every year. I have to admit, for my own standards of housekeeping I'd be better off with one of Lubetkin's designs. Maybe the penguin pool at London zoo... Indeed. When people aspire to a period style house, they should remember that they should also aspire to period style housemaids. How are the knees these days? ;-) |
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Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-01-11 11:54:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said: Andy Dingley wrote: The Natural Philosopher wrote: There are people who aspire to slate, and natural wood, and all the magazine stuff, but whose sanitary habits are better suited to a sheet of cheap vinyl that gets relaid every year. I have to admit, for my own standards of housekeeping I'd be better off with one of Lubetkin's designs. Maybe the penguin pool at London zoo... Indeed. When people aspire to a period style house, they should remember that they should also aspire to period style housemaids. How are the knees these days? ;-) Not bad. we don;t aspire to victorian hygiene either. |
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