Floor Demolition
We tear out tile, carpet, hardwood, laminate and glued down vinyl. The debris goes with us and the floor is left ready for what comes next.
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Tile removal is two steps: break the tile loose, then take the thinset or mortar bed off the floor. The second step is the slow one, because that mortar grips whatever sits under it. We take up ceramic and porcelain floor tile, plus VCT in commercial space. SF Huling is based in Lock Haven, and estimates are free at (570) 772-2721.
Every tear-out ends with a floor that is ready for the next step. On a concrete slab, we can move on to concrete grinding and floor prep for an epoxy coating. We can also leave the floor clean for your own installer. Carpet, hardwood, laminate and sheet vinyl come out under our floor demolition service.
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Ceramic tile removal changes with what the tile sits on. In a basement, the tile is set on the concrete slab. Upstairs bathroom tile usually sits on a wood subfloor, and kitchens and entryways can be either one.
On a concrete slab, the tile breaks loose but the thinset stays stuck to the concrete. That layer gets scraped and ground off, so the next floor sits on clean concrete.
On a wood subfloor, tile is often set on cement backer board screwed to the wood. The tile and the board come up together, down to the subfloor. Older bathrooms may have a thick mortar bed instead. Water damage near a toilet or tub can show up once the floor is open, and we point it out.
Breaking tile and grinding thinset both throw dust. The CDC lists concrete and mortar among materials with crystalline silica, and thinset is a mortar. Cutting and grinding those materials can put that fine dust in the air.
Keeping the dust down starts before the first tile comes up. We close off doorways and openings around the work area. Our grinders run with dust control while the thinset comes off. Some fine dust still settles in the room, and it gets cleaned up with the rest of the mess.
Broken tile, mortar, backer board and old glue go out with us as part of the job. If a coating is next, we grind the slab to clean, bare concrete. That is how an old tiled basement becomes a coated basement floor. If your own installer is next, the floor is left scraped and swept for them.
VCT, or vinyl composition tile, is a flooring used mostly in commercial buildings. It is glued down, and the glue stays on the slab when the tiles come up. Floor scrapers handle long runs of VCT removal in commercial halls and offices. If a coating is next, that glue gets ground off too.
In a store or office, we work through the space in sections and agree on the order first. The company is backed by three decades of commercial flooring work. After the tear-out, the slab can move on to commercial epoxy flooring from us, or to another trade's new floor.
Older homes mean older floors. Census Bureau estimates show about two in three homes in Clinton County, around Lock Haven, were built before 1980. In Lycoming County, around Williamsport, about three in ten were built in 1939 or earlier. Tile in those homes can sit over an older floor, and older vinyl tile gets a lab test first.
From the first call or text to the final walkthrough of the finished work, here is how it goes.
Tell us what the floor is now and what you want on it. Call or text (570) 772-2721 and we will set a time to look at it.
We measure the space and look the slab over for cracks, old coatings and damp spots. Then you get a free estimate with the system and the color laid out.
Diamond grinding opens the concrete so the coating can grip it, and it takes off old paint, sealer and adhesive. Cracks and small spalls get filled before anything is coated.
The base coat rolls out over the prepped slab. On a flake floor the chips get broadcast into the wet base coat, then the loose flake gets scraped off.
A clear topcoat seals the floor and gives it the surface you walk on. Cure time moves with the temperature inside, and we go over the finished floor with you before we leave.
Common questions about tile removal across Central Pennsylvania. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We tear out tile, carpet, hardwood, laminate and glued down vinyl. The debris goes with us and the floor is left ready for what comes next.
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We grind concrete slabs back to a bare, open surface so coatings and new flooring bond. Old paint, glue and thinset come off, and the high spots come down.
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We coat basement floors in flake and solid color epoxy across Central Pennsylvania. The slab gets checked for moisture and ground open before any coating goes down.
Learn MoreThree decades of commercial flooring work sit behind this company. That background sets how we prep a slab and pick the system for the floor in front of us.
We coat garages, basements, rec rooms and workshops in homes. We also handle shops, service bays, warehouses and back-of-house floors for businesses.
The old floor comes out, the slab gets ground and repaired, and the coating goes down. One company owns every step, from the tear-out through the final topcoat.
Estimates are free anywhere in our working area around Lock Haven. That reaches Clinton, Centre, Lycoming, Union, Northumberland, Snyder, Mifflin, Huntingdon and Montour counties.
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