Remove tiled floor or lay parquet/vinyl on top?

You hassle over it for days, carpet adhesive is nasty, even with all kinds of tools not 100% easy to remove

He apparently removes the carpet for 9 euros/sqm, he says. So he would offer that for an additional charge. I'm getting an alternative offer now. I had already requested that some time ago. The cool thing about the all-rounder is that he is quite flexible and also has good ideas. That has certain advantages. Therefore I will probably also commission him. How is it actually with the warranty? Does it make a difference whether someone is a master craftsman or not? Then everything runs through him. However, he does the floor preparation. But ultimately his colleague, who is a floor installer, does the laying. Does he then have liability? I'm just thinking, in case he doesn’t properly seal a crack in the screed and after a year the parquet cracks because of that (no idea if that’s realistic). Who would then be the contact person for me?

I now have a second offer and will take it. This is actually a master operation with a very good reputation. Surprisingly, significantly cheaper. First, the offer is very detailed, each individual service described, and secondly, he charges 25 euros for laying including filling, not 70 euros. In addition, he will take out the carpet and everything. The painting work is also significantly cheaper with them. So I will cancel my all-rounder.

I have now knocked out all the tiles... that was almost 100 sqm in total :). The tile adhesive is still on. No chance with the rotary hammer over that area. I'm not putting myself through that. The floor installer will not completely sand off the tile adhesive, but only the edges and then level it out. That naturally leads to a slightly higher level. But since we are also redoing the tiles in the hallway and only sanding there as well, it should be fine again. I'm actually glad the tiles are out now. They were really quite cheap tiles.

In the basement, vinyl was planned floating on tiles. Since the tiles are now also gone there, it will just be tiles floating on leveled screed. Upstairs in the converted attic, cork will probably be installed (because of impact sound), which will then be laid directly on the OSB boards (probably glued). I ultimately declined the all-rounder. Regardless of whether he was expensive or not. He couldn't explain to me why he raised his prices so much and was not willing to negotiate. In the end, he also insulted me... that was the end of the cooperation.

Hello Hutchinson, did the tile removal go well, how long did it take you? I have a similar project planned. We have carpet 100 sqm and 10 sqm tiles... I also wanted to remove them myself. My installer told me that he charges 15 euros / sqm and 7 euros per running meter for the baseboards. But now I really have respect for the tile adhesive when I read this here. I have heard that a screed mill can help well, which you can rent. Regards

Hello Wilhelm,

the two of us with two rotary hammers certainly took 15 hours for 6 sqm hallway and 10 sqm kitchen (minus kitchen cabinets, probably a total of 13-14 sqm).
The tiles were gone after two hours, but the adhesive was really brutal.
Chipping everything out individually. And then carefully removing the residue under the door frames.

So that really takes some effort. The stuff is not called tile mortar for nothing.
Earplugs and respiratory protection are mandatory.

The screed grinder is only for the final leveling of the last adhesive residues.
Before that, you can't avoid the rotary hammer.
But there are apparently really big professional machines – they can surely do more.

Am I reading it right that the installer charges you 15 €/sqm for tiles and adhesive?
For that price, I wouldn’t hesitate long and would let the professional do it.
And I say that as someone who normally does everything himself whenever possible.
I'm not sure about carpet adhesive, but I think you can probably just grind it away.

PS:
Things like in the attached picture additionally slow you down afterwards.
I had to fill and smooth it out.
And apply leveling compound along the entire kitchen line because we had a nice hump in the screed.

Hello Hutchinson,
thank you very much for your feedback. Wow, that is really quite something. But I have also read often enough that it is really exhausting. I will borrow a 11 kg jackhammer and hope that it will be easier with it. The costs of 30 euros/day should be worth it.

Sorry, I didn’t express myself clearly... for the laying he charges 15 euros per sqm... I would do the preliminary work to save a bit.
Regards