Ceramic Towel Rack Removal

How to remove a cemented towel rack from a tile wall.

Ceramic towel rack removal.

Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. 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. 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. 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.

On tile shower walls you often see porcelain or ceramic towel racks cemented to the wall. Cut your new replacement bar to size. The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your. They can also be cemented to the drywall sometimes.

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 rack is the kind you see in classic 1970s bathroom design. The receiver ends part that holds the bar. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar.

Or scroll down for a quick video. Most towel racks have hex screws that you remove with a 1 8 inch hex key but some have small phillips screws for which you. Twist the ends holding the bar. Remove the old towel bar.

If you want to remove a standard metal towel bar from a wall covered with drywall or tile the first thing to do is look at the underside of one of the posts to determine what kind of tool you need to remove the set screw. Ceramic towel rack removal off drywall i hope someone can advise me regarding the removal of our ceramic towel rack installed on the bathroom drywall. So you re wondering how to remove a towel bar without screws. It s important to sand and sp.

Here are step by step instructions. Or if the only problem is the towel bar itself it s missing it s broken or it s just plain ugly just replace it with a spring loaded one. Points awarded for best answer. While a mystery at first glance it s really quite simple.

The ends attached to the wall are made up of a few parts. Our shower curtain tension rod slipped off the wall and the tension rod edge came down on the ceramic holder closest to the tub shower and broke it. This same procedure should work for similar items that are mounted to drywall.