How To Remove Ceramic Towel Bar Holder

This is how to remove a towel rack from drywall.

How to remove ceramic towel bar holder.

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. Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar. 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.

The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your. Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. 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.

Doing little damage to your drywall when removing your towel bar will depend on how strong the adhesive is that is on it. While there is no general adhesive that contractors or builders use to install a towel bar it usually is a very strong material. Cut your new replacement bar to size. The builder gave us some ugly ceramic towel bar and toilet paper holder we decided to remove them and get the chrome one.

Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail. Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel 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.

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