Tile floor replacement

[Matt Tallent]

Hey man hope all is well! I had a contracting question. I’m redoing my kitchen and replacing a tile floor. I’m taking up the old tile. There is still a lot of thin set sticking to the cement board should I just scrape that off to get it level again or is there a better way?

[Brian Beck]

We typically remove the cement board and the tile when we replaced for the reason listed above, the cost of the cement board is less than the labor it would take to prep the substrate for the new tile and the new board also offers a more level surfaces than the alternative.  If the kitchen is relatively average size I would pry up the old backer board and replace.