Removing ceramic tiles can be a bit tricky and sometimes a tedious task, it all depends on the type of material that was used to lay the tiles in the first place.

Assuming that you are removing ceramic tiles from a wall you should begin by removing the grout. Take a sharp object and start digging out as much of the grout as possible around the tiles that you are going to remove.

After the grout has been removed and you have a big enough space to get a sharp knife under the first tile try to prize it up pushing gently but firm enough so that the tile will loosen.

If you find that the tile is still stuck to some grout you should remove the excess grout before attempting to prize the tile up again, try wetting the grout with some warm water to soften it and then remove the grout and try prizing up the tile again.

Once you get the first tile out the rest should not be that difficult to come off. If the tiles that you are removing are cracked and need replacing you needn't worry if they get broken because they are going to be replaced with new tiles, but if on the other hand you are thinking of reusing them then you should take extra caution not to crack or break them.

For removing ceramic tiles from your floor, depending on what base the tiles are installed on this can be a difficult or relatively easy task.

If you are removing the tiles to install new ones then you are in luck as the tiles will certainly have to be broken if they are set in mastic. You will need to use a tool such as a sledgehammer or some other heavy tool to break up the tiles.

This is going to be a messy job but it is not as difficult as if you were removing ceramic tiles set in say mortar, where you will have to chip away at the tiles little by little, and as you can tell this is going to take a long time to accomplish.

When the tiles have been removed, and you are getting ready to reinstall your new tiles, you will have to go about this just as you would with a new ceramic tile installation.

Make sure that the area to be tiled whether it is the floor or the wall is perfectly clean and level before you being reinstalling your ceramic tiles.

Just a little note that you should know if your ceramic floor tiles are cracked and need replacing you can install ceramic tile on most any type of material so maybe before you begin breaking up those tiles you might want to consider reinstalling your new ceramic tiles on the existing tiles.

If you think about it you will see how choosing this option would be much easier than removing those ceramic floor tiles and reinstalling them again from scratch.