This is a video on how I removed some tile flooring using a hammer drill and a chisel bit. Drill I used: Milwaukee SDS D-Handle Rotary Hammer Model# 5262-21 www.homedepot.... similar chisel bit: www.homedepot....
Thanks for uploading. The video was no nonsense and very helpful. I have a small bathroom to retile (12x5) and kept contemplating whether I should do the job manually with a drywall hammer. I also considered a rental from HD but after 3 rentals, the a cost of the purchase pays for itself. Like you are saying, getting the tiles up aren't so tricky, it is cleaning up the thin set that is going to take some time. Did you find the rotary hammer does the latter well and that you did up need to grind out the remaining thin set with a diamond grinder?
the rotary hammer drill with the chisel bit was fine for getting the tile and thin set up. the surface had some imperfections after though. we put vinyl plank flooring down and i can feel small dips in some places. if i could do it over, i would probably use the self levelling mixture. i didn't know about that stuff at the time. oh well, live and learn!
If you are ripping out 1000 sq ft of porcelain tile in a condo on a 1st floor would you use this rotary hammer or Makita HK1810 Power Scraper the Makita is about 480.00 dollars while this is only 200 dollars
