DIY question - removing old tiles

[Stolly]

So i've got some dozens of tiles to take off a wall around a bathroom. I'm knocking the grout out with a chisel and then trying to get behind them with the chisel and taking them off the wall. Problem is that they are on pretty good and a lot of the plaster is coming off too. Also its taking blooming ages.

Is there a more efficient way to do this ?

 

[Stolly]

I removed the tiles from our kitchen with minimal plaster damage but obviously it depends on the adhesive used. I found the best way to remove them was to lever them off with the claw end of a hammer. I didn't remove any grout and a bit of polyfiller later mean I have a good paint finish now.

Yeah i'm doing that now, but even if i get the tips of the claw behind the tile often only a tiny bit comes off. I have to break the tile up in situ and take it off a bit at a time. Must be stronger adhesive.

 

[Stolly]

We did exactly this last year and we were not prepared for the amount of damage removing tiles actually does.

Ours was tiled half up the wall all the way round and nearly every one took a chunk of plaster.

We ended up going back to the brick and getting Mr Plasterer in to come and sort it out, none of which we had planned for.

It was also at that point that although looking nice when on, we decided tiles=FAIL and we only put them where they had go ie splashbacks etc and just used Bathroom paint for the rest..

This makes me feel better, at least i'm not doing it wrong as such.