How To Remove Ceramic Bathroom Towel Bar

Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel bar.

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. This same procedure should work for similar items that are mounted to drywall. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals. 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.

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 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.

Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact. Remove the bar section of the towel rack by pulling one side in if it s a tension bar. Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail.

The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your. A remodel of your bathroom may require you to remove a towel rack. This is how to remove a towel rack from drywall. It s important to sand and sp.

Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done. 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. Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures.

While there is no general adhesive that contractors or builders use to install a towel bar it usually is a very strong material.