How To Remove Ceramic Bathroom Towel Bar

This is how to remove a towel rack from drywall.

How to remove ceramic bathroom towel bar. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar. This same procedure should work for similar items that are mounted to drywall. While there is no general adhesive that contractors or builders use to install a towel bar it usually is a very strong material. A demonstration of how to tighten up loose towel bars or to remove them for painting or other needs.

If it s plastic built into the rack saw through the middle of the bar with a jigsaw. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done. Remove the old towel bar. The original bar is one piece and since the ends are locked into place you can t just slip in a new one.

A remodel of your bathroom may require you to remove a towel rack. Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact.

Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel bar. Cut your new replacement bar to size. Doing little damage to your drywall when removing your towel bar will depend on how strong the adhesive is that is on it. Remove the bar section of the towel rack by pulling one side in if it s a tension bar.

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 s important to sand and sp. Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals.

Even that tricky towel bar with no set screws is covered.