How To Remove Subway Tile From Wall

This tile by tile method is recommended when the tile itself will pop off fairly easily leaving little or no damage to the wall behind.

How to remove subway tile from wall.

A wide blade putty. With the removal of the one tile keep going under the surrounding tiles gently popping the tile from the wall by prying it from the wall using the scraper and hammer. The grout that binds the tiles together and to the wall needs to be gently removed. View in gallery continue removing the tiles one at a time working from top to bottom until all tile is removed.

How to remove bathroom tile without damaging the plaster walls. The method used to attach the tiles to the wall affects the way the tiles come off. This means that it takes more care to remove a wall tile without damaging the surrounding tiles. Removing wall tiles is different and more difficult than removing floor tiles because wall tiles are typically set very close together with minimal grout lines.

Bathroom tile is installed to last applied to the wall with adhesive and topped by grout between the tiles to keep them in place. Work the grout scraper in a downward motion and work side to side to gently loosen the tile from its hold against the wall.