The Brief
A builder renovating a property in Witta needed the existing tiled floors gone — tiles, adhesive, the lot — and the slab left clean and level for new floor coverings. Doing it by hand would take days and leave adhesive residue behind. Our commercial-grade grinding equipment did the whole job in one day.
Why It Matters 🔑
New flooring is only ever as good as the surface under it. Old adhesive, uneven patches and tile fragments cause new floors to fail early. Commercial-grade grinding removes everything down to clean concrete — giving the next trade a perfect surface and saving the builder days of labour.
Phase 1
Before — The Problem
Cracked and failing tiles throughout the work area. Before a single tile came up, full dust containment was set up to protect the rest of the home.
A cracked floor tile in the hallway — one of several failure points that made grinding back to bare slab the smarter long-term fix
Before we started: the original tiled floor, with dust barriers up and ready for a same-day strip-out
Full dust containment set up before a single tile came up — protecting the rest of the home while we worked
Phase 2
Tile Removal & Grinding
Tiles stripped and the slab ground with commercial equipment and constant dust extraction — removal and grinding running side by side to keep the day on schedule.
Mid-strip: old tiles coming up and the dust extractor running as our crew works through the floor in a single day
Dust extraction gear staged and ready — keeping the site clean while grinding and tile removal ran side by side
Phase 3
The Finished Result
By the end of the day: tile and adhesive completely gone, and the slab ground to a smooth, even surface — ready for the next trade to walk straight in.
The same room after grinding — tile and adhesive gone, slab ground back to a clean, level surface ready for new flooring
A clean line between old and new — ground slab on one side, the original tile left untouched on the other
Close-up of the finished slab — smooth, even, and free of adhesive residue, ready for the next trade
One day, start to finish: from cracked tile to a ground, level slab across the whole work area