I have tile in my kitchen that I want to replace. It is laid over drywall and I figure I just need to bust it up, remove the old drywall and replace it with new board and tile away.
Is there anyway to remove tile without losing the drywall?
Thanks
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no
I Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Another vote for "no"
On occasion, yes.
Try it, thin flatbar.....knock em off.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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I've had some luck with something similar to this:http://www.hydetools.com/data/detail.asp?SKU=12070put a good, sharp edge on it...but mostly, no<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
yee haw.
damn spaghetti is rolling down the hill.
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Dang, I hope it's angel hair...Mrs 'Snort whips up a mean sauce<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
alright, i'll go grab the spaghetti before it makes bottom, be right over.
Angel hair? probably done already.
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Al dente? What dumb question<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
You can try, and then relaminate with new 1/4" rock. You can also try to push cooked spaghetti up a hill. The answer I go for is no.
is that easier than trying to push a rope up a hill...
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it tastes a whole lot better<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
nope....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Spend no more than 10 - 15 minutes just for grins trying to pop the tile off without wrecking the drywall. Even if you can get it to work, you have to consider whether you want to do it wrong again with the new tile, or do it right and get that gray cement board stuff that's supposed to go behind tile. Drywall isn't waterproof.
-- J.S.
Why would one need cement board behind tile in a kitchen? It seems that kitchen tile wouldn't really get wet.
-Don
OK so I'll destroy the drywall. Any reason to use the cement board since this is a kitchen back splash?
Cement board is not needed. It will never get wet nor stay wet long enough to ever cause any deterioration to the drywall.
another vote for avoiding cement board-->
measure once
scribble several lines
spend some time figuring out wich scribble
cut the wrong line
get mad