Removing wall tiles - do-able or a right bitch?

[Funky_monks]

And don't worry if you take chunks of wall out too. It'll need a replaster anyway.

Lazy man, he fill the holes with grout if he makes them.

 

[Cloo]

Once you get the first one off you can start levering 'em off. Where d'you live ? I fancy a spot of tile removal. It's been ages since i took that ceiling down. Spiffing fun.

We're north London - you're welcome to help, cos I ain't doing it!

 

[Greebo]

2 things:
1)There's a thing (approx 3.5" wide) you can put on the end of a drill to get tiles off much faster than using a lump hammer & bolster - "tile removing bit/chisel for an SDS plus hammerdrill". You can get it for approx £18 from Screwfix or similar.
2) When using this thing on the end of a drill, wear safety goggles or a visor, a mask, cover your hands & arms, and you might find it helps to tape long runs of the tiles so they fall tidily instead of flying off at you. Seriously. Got a safety visor with a 4" long scratch made by a tile flying off the wall.

 

[ViolentPanda]

In our place the tiles were put on with such a thick layer of tile cement that it took about 15-20 minutes to hack the tile from the wall with a bolster and hammer, so I bought one of these, which reduced the effort to about 30 seconds per tile.
Same thing available here for £7 less.

 

[Cloo]

Ah, will show these to gsv - we do have a lovely hardcore boy drill that was a wedding present, so I'm sure it could be put to good use for this purpose!

 

[izz]

We're north London - you're welcome to help, cos I ain't doing it!

too far away goshdarnit.