Serving Midvale, UT
Tear-out and prep in Midvale, UT
Getting the old floor out and the substrate ready for what goes on next.
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Midvale is where tear-out turns up the most surprises. The older homes near historic Main Street and Midvale City Park have floors that were added to rather than replaced, so one small bathroom can hold vinyl over particle board over the original subfloor, all of it running downhill toward a wall. Whether the answer is a leveling pour or a structural repair is not known until those layers are off. Out at Bingham Junction and Jordan Bluffs the newer slabs are straightforward by comparison.
What this covers
- Removing old tile, thinset, and backer board
- Pulling carpet, vinyl, and floating floors
- Grinding and flattening a slab
- Self-leveling underlayment over uneven floors
- Installing backer board and uncoupling membrane
- Debris haul-off from the tear-out
What affects the scope
Every tile job is different, and the independent installer who does the work sets their own price. These are the things they will usually need to know before they can estimate:
- The square footage coming out and what it is bonded to
- Whether the old tile sits on a slab or on a wood subfloor, which are different removals
- How much thinset is left behind and how hard it is to grind back
- Whether the floor is flat enough or needs leveling before the new surface
- Whether backer board, membrane, or both are called for underneath
- Dust containment, since tile removal is one of the dustiest jobs in a house
Worth asking any installer directly: are you licensed and insured for this work, what waterproofing system do you use, what is your estimate and what does it include, when could you start, and what happens if something is not right afterwards? Related reading: What does tile installation actually cost?
Tear-out and prep across Midvale
Requests come from the older neighborhoods around Main Street and Midvale City Park, the streets along the State Street and 7200 South corridors, and the newer residential at Bingham Junction and Jordan Bluffs.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much does tile tear-out and floor prep cost in Midvale?
In the older housing the scope is set by how many layers come off, what condition the original subfloor is in underneath, and how far the floor has to be brought back toward level. Taylorsville Tile Co. does not set prices. If an independent local installer is available for your job, that installer gives you their own estimate and you agree it directly with them before any work starts.
What tends to turn up under the floor in an older Midvale home?
Commonly a stack of past decisions: sheet vinyl glued to particle board, an older layer of linoleum under that, and cut nails into a board subfloor at the bottom. Sometimes there is a soft spot near a toilet flange or a tub where a slow leak was never found. That is why the installer opens a test area early rather than pricing the whole room on what the top layer looks like, since a soft subfloor has to be repaired before any tile goes back.
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