Once it is remove the knife and then wedge the pry bar up in order to remove the brick.
Removing brick from concrete floor.
Removing mortar from concrete slab floor can be tricky.
Slip a pry bar under the putty knife and pull out the putty knife.
One tip would be to start at one corner and break up a brick then chip away the subsequent bricks in the direction of the empty space.
Do not be afraid to cause damage to the brick or the surrounding bricks.
This may take some effort.
Yet when you need to remove it it can be a nightmare.
That way rather than having to reduce the bricks to dust you should be able to pop them out whole.
This video shows you how to remove single bricks from your house without damaging them.
However this method leaves the harder cementitious mortar in place around the brick which can be rather difficult to chisel away once the field brick is removed.
Wedge the pry bar in underneath the putty knife.
One method involves drilling a series of holes in the relatively soft clay of the brick then chiseling the brick out in pieces.
Do not remove the putty knife until the pry bar is firmly in place under the brick.
I should warn you that you might find a slab underneath the bricks and that will require some different tactics.
Lift the brick and discard.
But if you pull up old tiles it may be something you will have to contend with.
And it s great for creating durable surfaces.