Plastic Tile Nightmare

One of the biggest challenges we initially faced, was the side entrance. Not only was the rest of it filthy and utterly a disaster, the walls were covered in a terrible sort of thin red and green plastic tile. This tile was covered in mold and the stench coming in from the side entrance was unbearable. This tile had to go and it had to go fast!

Luckily the plastic tile itself was fairly easy to remove. Sure enough, black mold was found behind the tiles and a sticky brown, musty adhesive remained on the walls after the tiles cracked off.

All we knew was the tile had to go. We went at it with a trowel and a hammer and just kept going.

Eventually we had it all removed and it looked like this:

Later, the adhesive was removed with chemical adhesive stripper. We had to wear thick chemical resistant gloves, goggles, garbage bags over our bodies, and face masks for this process. It took about 2 days to remove the adhesive. Once the adhesive was removed, the plastic wall was patched and sanded until it was somewhat smooth, then painted over with a thick white primer. Pretty soon wainscoting will be placed over the imperfect plaster walls and will then be trimmed with crown molding.