How To Remove Ceramic Bathroom Towel Bar

A demonstration of how to tighten up loose towel bars or to remove them for painting or other needs.

How to remove ceramic bathroom towel bar.

Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel 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. Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. This same procedure should work for similar items that are mounted to drywall.

Cut your new replacement bar to size. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar.

Doing little damage to your drywall when removing your towel bar will depend on how strong the adhesive is that is on it. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact. A remodel of your bathroom may require you to remove a towel rack. If it s plastic built into the rack saw through the middle of the bar with a jigsaw.

It s important to sand and sp. Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. 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.

Remove the bar section of the towel rack by pulling one side in if it s a tension bar. While there is no general adhesive that contractors or builders use to install a towel bar it usually is a very strong material. 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. Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces.

This is how to remove a towel rack from drywall.