How To Remove Ceramic Bathroom Towel Bar

A remodel of your bathroom may require you to remove a towel rack.

How to remove ceramic bathroom towel bar.

It s important to sand and sp. Remove the bar section of the towel rack by pulling one side in if it s a tension bar. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals.

Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel bar. Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. A demonstration of how to tighten up loose towel bars or to remove them for painting or other needs. The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your.

If you re doing it just so you can paint around it and you plan to replace it the job is simple if you want the towel rack gone forever the job might be a bit more complicated particularly if the rack is glued to the wall. Remove the old towel bar. Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. Cut your new replacement bar to size.

Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail. Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. While there is no general adhesive that contractors or builders use to install a towel bar it usually is a very strong material. The original bar is one piece and since the ends are locked into place you can t just slip in a new one.

Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done. This same procedure should work for similar items that are mounted to drywall. Doing little damage to your drywall when removing your towel bar will depend on how strong the adhesive is that is on it. If it s plastic built into the rack saw through the middle of the bar with a jigsaw.

If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact.