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   Ralph_Wicklund | Nov 27, 2000 07:22am | #1

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   Wood parquet tile chips up easily (at least in my experience) with a flat chisel (not your good one) and the glue (also in my experience) usually comes up with it. 450 SF though is not a light job you want to undertake with a hand chisel or scraper. You can rent a tile chipper, the kind used to take up composition tile. It has a wide, vibrating blade that practically explodes the tile from the floor as you push it along. Do not confuse this with a demo hammer. This is a machine that looks something like a squat rectangular floor buffer, with wheels, but with the blade sticking out under the front. Have fun.

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   Ian.D.Gilham. | Nov 27, 2000 11:48am | #2

   *If it is standard parquet adhesive then any remaining on the slab can be removed easily by wetting it with hot water, leaving it a while and then scraping it off

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   L._Siders | Nov 28, 2000 05:47am | #3

   *& very hot water is best!

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   Nate_Kingsley | Nov 28, 2000 06:02am | #4

   *definetley go with the vct vinyl composite tile chipper, i once did about 12,000 sq.f with one. it was much better than a scraper.

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   Ted_Fuchs | Nov 28, 2000 06:02am | #5

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   I need to remove 450 square feet of wood parquet tile glued to concrete. Any good, easy ways to do this? I plan to lay ceramic when finished.
   Thanks