Need to remove tiles — use a jackhammer

Are you renovating your bathroom? You’ve probably been wondering how to remove old ceramic tiles. For this job it is best to use a jackhammer — that way the work will be completed quickly and with maximum precision.

Unfortunately, the problem of removing old tiles remains relevant today. Tiles are fixed with a strong cement mortar, and removing them over time without damaging the wall surface is very difficult. Tiles are usually used to cover walls and floors in bathrooms and kitchens, so removing them without using tools can take far too long.

In the past, when a rotary hammer was not available to the general public, a variety of hand tools were used to remove tiles. People used a hammer and a chisel — driving the chisel into the tile and thus breaking it. This method took a lot of time and very often did not allow the wall to be perfectly cleaned of tile and cement residues that had adhered stubbornly to the surface. Today, jackhammers have replaced the hammer and chisel — they can handle the job faster, neater, and much better. Some might even think their work resembles that of snowplows — with the same thoroughness, all foreign material is removed from the wall so that the surface becomes perfectly smooth.

Rotary hammers are used as one of the main tools in construction and installation work. Their destructive power is truly impressive — where other tools and equipment prove powerless, jackhammers leave behind ruins of metal and concrete, easily destroying any types of structures regardless of their strength. For a jackhammer there are no barriers — it handles concrete as if it were butter, tearing it into pieces. Asphalt pavement or a reinforced concrete wall after the work of a rotary hammer turns into rubble that can then be easily hauled away and disposed of.

But back to the ceramic tiles that need to be removed from the wall. Modern jackhammer models allow you not to destroy the tiles, but to carefully remove them from the wall without damaging the surfaces. By slightly prying up the edge of a tile, the rotary hammer detaches it from the wall. After removal, such tiles can be reused for cladding surfaces.