Conversation many moons ago.
“Hey how ya doin?”
“Pretty good, i’m gonna tile this floor.”
“Two inch bed?”
“Nope. 4 full inches.”
“Gee that may not hold. Why not bury some lath in the bottom?”
“Good idea, but I dont think it will really be stable unless I nail the lath down too.”
Guess what I had to demo today.
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Heh, heh, heh.
I will avoid, at all costs, ever having to pull apart something I built.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Tilesetters in hell routinely have to demo that
with fingernail clippers
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
how did you end up breaking it up?
Breaking up a mud bed with lath isn't so bad with a mini demo hammer... Never had to do it with the lath nailed down though.
This is a bit off topic, but if you were doing a mud-set tile job over a concrete slab substrate in brand new condition, with no cold-joints, control joints, or otherwise in the base slab, would you still need/put chicken wire in the tile mud bed?
SDS Plus, two buckets, shop vac, & about 3 quarts of sweat.
This bathroom is about 4x8 and this floor took almost three hours to remove.
Did I mention the water pipes I also had to avoid while smashing concrete?
I meant to say SDS Max and even that was slow.
Edited 5/31/2007 7:42 am ET by MSA1
Fun work! This floor was 4" thick - look at the section. Just this floor, a little wall, and the tub surround weighed 2350 lbs at the dump.
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Forrest - only an SDS-Plus
Edited 5/31/2007 12:23 pm by McDesign
It is, however, a real bitch when you do it with a 2lb hammer.
RB2. Put it all in a garbage can and try to get it out the door over the new linoleum, which leads to RB3, getting it down the stairs and out to the street. Pity the poor SOB on the trash truck.
Have a great day. Stay safe, and may God bless. I wish you His peace.
Dan
I won't do any kind of wet bed or concrete demo anymore, I've paid my dues there and I know what it is, and when I tell the customer what a simple little wet bed floor and wall bath is going to cost to gut and haul away, I get furrowed brows and tilted heads.