How To Remove Ceramic Towel Rack From Tile

Replace old towel bars soap dishes corner shelves and other ceramic fixtures on ceramic tile walls without breaking the tile or cutting into the walls.

How to remove ceramic towel rack from tile.

This video will hopefully help you by showing how a popped off ceramic towel rack holder can be reinstalled. If done correctly you will remove two pieces of tile and. It is interesting that i couldn t find a lot diy information on this topic so i decided to write one up to help other people. I easily pulled my bar out on its own since it was too short to begin with but if yours isn t you can remove it by sawing through the middle of it.

Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. In the shower there s a ceramic towel rack built into the tile two ceramic ends extending out from the wall about 5 inches holding a plastic rod inbetween. Once you have all the sides of both mounting points cleared of all grout you will want to try and tap your pry bar or putty knife in under the towel rack where it is mounted to the wall again being careful not to chip or crack the surrounding tile sometimes covering them with a few layers of masking tape can give you a little cushion and prevent damage. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done.

How to remove a cemented towel rack from a tile wall. Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. Installing a towel bar on a ceramic tile wall is fairly easy. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact.

They can also be cemented to the drywall sometimes. Remove the old towel bar. This rack just takes up too much room in the shower and i d like to remove it without sacrificing the rest of the tile lining the shower. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar.

Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. The builder gave us some ugly ceramic towel bar and toilet paper holder we decided to remove them and get the chrome one. The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your.