Removing Old Tiles From Bathroom Wall

Place a pry bar against this line and lever away large sections of the wall.

Removing old tiles from bathroom wall.

Pry the piece of tile up gently and slowly until it separates from the wall with ease. So in this video i will show you the part 1 where i removed the bathroom tiles. Work the putty knife or plaster spatula in and out behind the tile in a cutting like motion around each side of the tile to loosen it from the wall. Step 4 pry the tile away from the wall gently using the putty knife or plaster spatula.

Cut along the edge of the wall studs if. Next use a chisel and hammer to pry the tiles off of the wall. Stick the chisel in the centre of one tile and hit it with the hammer. The only way the old tile was coming out of my bathroom was with a sledge hammer.

I hope you will follow me through the proc. And i don t care what any one says demo sucks. Chip away the rounded bullnose tiles from the edge and top of a shower with a hammer and chisel. Cut through the drywall along the edge of the tiles with a utility knife.

If you do find a loose one prize it out with the chisel. Removing tiles is a job that you can. If you are planning a bathroom or kitchen renovation you may have to remove tiles to give you a blank starting canvass. Again do not pry away aggressively to prevent damage to the plaster.

7 remove each tile in turn working. Messy back breaking work. If you don t find a loose one no problem you ll have to break one. The tile should pop away from the wall.

Our shower room needs revamping. I sadly made this same mistake redoing my bathroom and had to spend an all nighter removing old drywall and putting up cement backer board. This should shatter the tile and you ll then be able to remove the individual pieces.