well ive been chiseling, sanding, grinding, shoveling, hammering, cussing at this damn tile ive almost got it ready to start putting the wood down, home depot came today to measure for my new carpet! holla.. the homeowners that did the tile put hardibacker down over mortar from old tile so now ive ripped the backerboard up and am getting rid of all the backerboard and grinding down all the mortar because the wood will defenitly be nasty to do with a uneven floor. headed to home depot now to get thin set to cover the mortar in the front room with so i dont have to take it off.. its getting carpet so it doesnt have to be perfect... pictures will follow! unc that was nice of you guys to buy her a new washer!mwm it looks great marks a real handyman, i wish i could slow "it" down to where i could last even 30 seconds.. =(