How To Remove Wall Tiles Without Damaging Drywall

In this article details a step by step how to instructional on how to remove an one-time tile backsplash without causing severe damage to the drywall.

Removing an old tile backsplash can seem similar a daunting, maybe even infeasible task. There are questions like, 'how do I begin to remove this wall essentially tiled with rock? If I remove the tile will I damage the drywall? What if I go far at that place and tin't finish?' Or maybe just, 'what the heck am I doing?' I know because it's how I felt before taking a hammer to my sometime tile backsplash. Well I'm hither to tell y'all, YOU CAN Exercise IT!

It all begins with the correct tools and gear. OK ladies (and fellas..I know your reading this), put on your best demo outfits considering this tin and will go messy.

Permit'south become Muddied!

Required Materials

Screwdriver

Plastic sheet (i.e. Painters Driblet or large garbage bag)

Masking record

Sander and sandpaper (Optional)

Steps

Clear off the countertops.

Tile Removal 101: Remove the Tile Backsplash Without Damaging the Drywall

(Boy these counters sure are ugly!)

Remove the covers from the outlets. And cut the power to the expanse where y'all well-nigh to the outlets where y'all are virtually to remove the tiles.
Take down the microwave and remove the microwave brackets if it's attached to the wall. Mark on the wall with a marker where the holes are for reinstalling the subclass for the microwave.
Using the record and plastic bag, cover the sink. The last affair you lot'd want is to get some sometime ceramic tile caught in your garbage disposal. To grab falling tile you can also line the countertop with plastic.
Put on your spectacles and gloves. (Is this really a pace?!)
Score the 1st tile you plan on starting with using the grout cutter. Run the gout cutter effectually the tile edges in the grout area. And then make and X motion within the tile with the tile cutter. This volition further loosen the tile reducing the chances of you damaging the drywall behind it when y'all start removing the tile from the wall.
Repeat step 6 one more time but to be on the prophylactic side.
Have your hammer and tap the tile (gently) in the middle of the cuts. Pieces of the tile
should fall.
Then using the flat head screwdriver and hammer at the corner of the tile or where it's chipped and chip away at the tile being conscientious not to dig into the drywall.
Then wedge the scrapper into the gap where the tile fell. With the removal of the one tile keep going under the surrounding tiles gently popping the tile from the wall past prying information technology from the wall using the scraper and hammer.
Once the tile is down accept a 5 in 1 tool and scrapper to remove whatever excess grout. This can as well exist done with the addition of a light sander using fine grade sandpaper.

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