What is the best way to remove old ceramic tiles so you can put new ?

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? On the floor , a counter top, or a wall ? And what is the subsurface, Wood, concrete, drywall/plaster ? And do you know how what the tile was set in, Mastic, thin set ? Test a spot .. Next how much area square feet are you replacing ?

Easy, make sure you wear protective glass's, long sleeves and gloves, as when the tile breaks the edges are like a scapal and will cut you. been there done that have the scare from that.

Start by breaking a tile, best center of the room, just hit it w/ a hammer, then using a broad chisel or they have a tile tool for this angel your chisel/ tool and hit it, many times a little assertive pushing will pop the til, once you have the 1st one out then just proceed. Many times the tile goes under the base board and w/ a little effort you can remove that tile w/o removing the base board, but not always, so be prepared. once removed & sweated, w/ a sharped hard scraper, scrap off residue mastic. Now if you are reinstalling tile, use 1/4" cement board over the floor, this will require removal of the base board, your option, tape the seems, and reinstall, use thin set. to save money buy the cheaper thin set, but add concrete glue to the water aprox. 10% solution, do this w/ the groat also. When groating, trick, w/ a dampened rag or mop coat the surface of the tile w/ baby oil non sent'd. this will help w/ installation & creates a breaking agent so the groat does not stick to the tile surface. make sure not to add so much that it goes into where the groat goes. hope this helped. I would suggest if replacement s tile, go w/ the tile that looks like wood, little or no groat space, looks great if installed per mfg. instruction's.