A great tool for handing hard-to-remove vinyl tiles -Festool Scraper

[Frank Pellow]

This week I am installing new tiles in the main bathroom in our house. I installed the old tiles about 25 years ago and used construction cement. Boy, do they stick! I guess that 25 years ago, I thought they would be on the floor forever.

Here is a photo of the tiles being removed very slowly: [attachthumb=#1]

After about an hour and a half of this, I remembered the scraper attachment (491 199) that fits onto my Festool LS 130 Duplex linear sander (567 777). That tool did a great job:

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and was about 5 times as fast as the method that I had been using.

Here is a close-up of the tool with the attachment: [attachthumb=#3]

 

[tiralie]

Geez another reason to buy the 130...thanks Frank.
That tool looks virtually brand new  [big grin]
I hope those aren't asbestos tiles?
Tim

 

[dltflt]

I never realized there was such an attachment for the LS130.

 

[Frank Pellow]

Geez another reason to buy the 130...thanks Frank.

Yes, it's a great little tool.

[quote author=Tim Raleigh]That tool looks virtually brand new  [big grin][/quote]
I have owned it for 7 years and used it a LOT.

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I hope those aren't asbestos tiles?
Tim
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They aren't.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I never realized there was such an attachment for the LS130.

I thought that many folks would not know about the attachment and that's why I started this thread.

 

[lino-man]

Curious, they seem to be stuck down really well. Why not just install over them? Are the edges lifting?

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[Frank Pellow]

That's a good suggestion Jeff -but too late.  I have never liked installing something over the original and considered the practise to be shoddy.  So I have always removed old wallpaper, old roofing tiles, etc.

But, in this case, I think it would have been OK.  By the time I thought of it, I was too far along.  As it turns out, I gouged the underlying plywood so much in some places  [embarassed] that I have decided to nail new plywood underlay on top.

 

[Tim Sproul]

Other good options:

Fein Multimaster or super cut

Heat gun (not such a great option in small room during the summer).

 

[leakyroof]

I never realized there was such an attachment for the LS130.

I've seen it for several years in the on-line catalog, but never heard how people liked it once they bought it. Good info as I too own this sander (along with lots of other green sanders  [embarassed] )

 

[Kevin Stricker]

The best tool for the job is a saws all with a spider scraper.  Think of the ls130 with about 10 lbs of spinach.

 

[leakyroof]

The best tool for the job is a saws all with a spider scraper.  Think of the ls130 with about 10 lbs of spinach.

hmmm, now I'll need to look that set-up on-line as I don't know what a Spider Scraper looks like. [huh]

 

[woodguy7]

They even do a dedicated tool for this, well carpets more so.

http://www.festool.co.uk/Products/Pages/Product-Detail.aspx?pid=567886&name=Carpet-remover-TPE-RS-100-Q-Plus-GB-240V

 

[tiralie]

The best tool for the job is a saws all with a spider scraper. 

Nice. Thanks Kevin.
Tim

 

[lino-man]

The best tool for the job is a saws all with a spider scraper.  Think of the ls130 with about 10 lbs of spinach.

It probably makes a difference in which brand of saws all you're using, but I have found that the vibration from this setup is too hard to handle. And when using it on wood the destruction done to the plywood negates the effectiveness. However using a spyder scraper on concrete generally works quite well.
All that having been said, for $10 its a blade that you should have in your arsenal.

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[MarkusS]

The best tool for the job is a saws all with a spider scraper.  Think of the ls130 with about 10 lbs of spinach.

THIS is the right tool for this  [big grin]

Got it about three years ago and did several hundred squaremeters of carpet and PVC with it. About 2000 watt and loud as hell.

Regards
Markus

 

[Frank Pellow]

Marcus, I am sure that it is the right tool for someone like you who removes "several hundred square metrers of carpet and PVC " but for someone like me who just finished removing about 3 square metres of tile, the attachment on the Festool Duplex sander was the right tool.