removing ceramic floor tile

[Carey]

Kathy, It depends a lot on how the ceramic tile was laid in the first place. We have removed tile twice, once at a church that popped up fairly easily, and once on a small hallway that was a bear to get up. both were adhered with thinset.
For the hallway we ended up renting a small jackhammer type thing with a wide blade (sure wish I could remember the real name..) & it still took a while & a lot of care not to take up the slab surface (a few dings are o.k., but you don't want to really damage the slab surface)