Remove tiled floor or lay parquet/vinyl on top?

Just removing the tiles is really no big deal.
For us, it was the tile adhesive.
Removing the adhesive took us at least 20 times longer than removing the tiles.
The stuff was so stubbornly fused with the screed – disgusting.
Never tiles again...

Cutting and laying is considerably cheaper, so we come to just over €40/m2 for all work.

That was the listing from , right? So I asked two other floor layers and they charge €40/m2 for cutting and laying. That would still be €30 below. Removing tiles they estimated at another €20/m2, although the plan was to do that ourselves. They said they could sand off the adhesive. I think I have to negotiate with him again. My suspicion is that he is still including his commission in there. After all, he said that the parquet laying would be done by the floor layer he works with. At first, he said he would do it himself.

Then yesterday I talked to a floor layer (who wanted to install floating parquet, which I think I don’t really want), and he said vinyl in the attic would not be a good idea. There are two roof windows there, and depending on how warm it gets, vinyl would be unfavorable. What do you think about this? The other one did not discourage me from it. Also, there is currently carpet there and wood underneath. Is it really that easy to lay vinyl on top of that, and what about impact sound, since wood transmits walking noises more? Does anyone have experience or a tip on which alternative flooring would be suitable?

There are two skylights and he said depending on how warm it gets there, vinyl would be unfavorable. What is your opinion on this?

The floor should be able to withstand the temperatures. I am generally skeptical about vinyl floors because I find the new smell unpleasant. It just seems suspicious to me. That is subjective – others may like these floors.

For removing the adhesive, we definitely needed 20 times as much time as for removing the tiles. That stuff was so stubbornly fused with the screed - creepy. Never again tiles...

Would you even have to remove/sand down the tile adhesive if it sticks that well? I spoke with a tiler yesterday and he said you can sand it down, but it might get warm and then stick again... I didn’t understand that (or am I mixing it up with the adhesive from the carpet?). In any case, you could also level over the tile adhesive with leveling compound if necessary. What do you think? That would take some of the fear away for me, because I think tiles are easier to remove anyway.

Only grinding?
But then it has to be a brutal machine, because the tile adhesive can be up to a centimeter high.
These marks from the notched trowel.

We chiseled it all out with a rotary hammer. Now you also know why that stuff is called tile mortar.
You could use it for masonry as well.
It has nothing to do with adhesive in the usual sense.
It's basically like stone.

Only the last small remnants we smoothed out with a refurbishment milling machine.
It was not possible to chisel everything out that way.
But the professionals might have other tools at hand....

Otherwise, of course, you can fill everything with leveling compound, obviously.
That was not an option for us because we wanted a consistent level between kitchen, living room, and hallway and also laid the vinyl from the living room into the kitchen.
Since there were no tiles in the living room before, that of course would not have worked.

Otherwise, of course you can fill everything with leveling compound, sure.

Yes. That would probably be less of a problem for us. My bigger problem is that my all-rounder kept getting more expensive and I'm currently considering taking someone else. But I will talk to him again.