Kitchen Demo: Day Three

This is what the floor looks like when the tiles just pop off because they were so poorly set. It took me a matter of minutes to remove them.




On the other hand, I have been chipping away at the ones adhered to the plywood. Sometimes I get lucky and a large piece comes loose. But most of the time it is like chipping at hard ice with a plastic knife.



This evening I came up with an alternate approach. I am going to try removing the tile and plywood together. Tomorrow I will test a small area to see if this is feasible.

The good news today was that our contractor said that he will have no problem matching the 93-year-old wood in color and grain. Thank goodness!