When it is time to remove your floor tiles, you can do it yourself but be warned, it is a very messy and time consuming job. This may be one you would rather call in the experts for! Preparation is essential so make sure you have everything you need before you get started.
Tools you need
The odds are you have most of the tools you need already; hammer, chisel, pry bar and floor scraper. They are easy to pick up at 
any DIY store if you don’t have them at home. You can make life easier by hiring power tools; they’re a good idea if you are working on a larger area like a kitchen.
For the clean up, you will need a broom, vacuum, bin bags and possibly a wheelbarrow if you have a lot of tiles to remove.
Safety items are really important so make sure you have protective glasses, a dust mask, decent work gloves and overalls or something to protect your clothes. These are all a must as you have to protect yourself from sharps of tile. Knee pads are also a good idea as you’ll be kneeling on the floor for a long time.
If you suffer from allergies or asthma, it may be a good idea to get the professionals in rather than tackle this yourself.
To protect the rest of the room, you will need some heavy duty plastic sheeting or dust covers and tape to cover over electrical outlets.
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Prepare the room
Removing floor tiles is a messy job, so protect the room and the space around it before you do anything. Move furniture 
out of the room where possible or if not, cover it very well with dust sheets. If the floor is in the bathroom, cover the bathtub, sink and toilet. Using cardboard underneath the dust sheets gives them another layer of protection from tile shards.
Cover the walls with plastic sheeting and make sure it is well taped down, to protect it from all the dirt and tile shards. Painter’s tape is a good idea to make sure you don’t accidentally take any paint off the walls.
Seal the doorways with plastic sheeting and cover electrical outlets and drains. Also, open windows where possible so the dust can escape.
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Remove the tiles
Now it’s time for the hard work! Remove or loosen the grout – set your chisel and use the hammer to tap it out. If you are working 
on a large room, you may want to hire power tools to make this easier and quicker, like a grout saw or rotary tool.
(You can try removing tiles straight off, by identifying a weak spot in a tile like a crack or some damage. If the tile comes up easily using the hammer and chisel, just carry on from there and save yourself some time.)
After you have removed the grout, you need to separate the tiles from the mortar underneath using the pry bar. This may need some force and you might not be able to save any of the tiles if they do not easily come away whole.
Work from one end of the room to the other and get rid of the debris into the big bags or wheelbarrow as you go.
Once the tiles are all gone, you will need to work on the mortar with the hammer and chisel to remove that as well.
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Then it’s clean up time, to remove all the shards and dust. Be really thorough here, as you want a clean surface so the new flooring can properly adhere to the surface.
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