How to Remove Ceramic Bath Accessories From Walls, With Minimal Damage?

There's just caulking around them (towel racks, bath tissue holders), I can see no visible screws or anything, no idea how they're attached to the walls, very little 'demolition' experience haha =o)





I've tried experimenting on one of the tissue holders that was mounted to a vanity by cutting the caulking with a box cutter then trying to crow bar it off, but with a fair bit of force it showed no signs of coming off, so I left it alone till I could find more info.





Will Google as well, but figured I'd try here too!





Thanks bunches! =o)How to Remove Ceramic Bath Accessories From Walls, With Minimal Damage?
hammer chisel eye protection and be ready to repair any surface they are mounted to and do not mess the tiles up around them there are no screws just adhesive and if your trying to take one out that I installed support the wall around itHow to Remove Ceramic Bath Accessories From Walls, With Minimal Damage?
They are likely attached with adhesive. I would give them a quick strike with a hammer to see if you can pop the adhesive loose.





Even if you tear up a bit of the drywall, you can repair that pretty easily with drywall compound.
If there is tile around it, it's attached with adhesive or mortar. regardless, use a grout saw (purchased at Home Depot) or a Dremel tool to saw out the grout. slip a flat head screw driver or thin chisel down into the grout line pointed into the back of the fixture. LIGHTLy tap with a rubber mallet until the chisel slips down into the adhesive or mortar behind the fixture. pry slightly but don't try to pry it off the wall. Just pull until you feel a little give. Then return the chisel to the original position and tap again with the mallet. Slowly you should gain depth, each time prying a little more until either the fixture comes off or you sink the entire length of the chisel into the mortar, in which case you will wiggle it back and forth and pry at different angles until it pops off. If it's mounted to wood the screws may be on the other side of the wood screwed INTO the fixture and you won't be able to pop it off. You ll have to access the other side and unscrew it. Worst case scenario: cut it out with a saws-all and patch the wall.
It's possible that the holders are mounted to metal brackets, which in turn are screwed into the vanity itself. If so, you'll find screws recessed into small openings along the base of each holder. Loosen those and the holders will slide off, revealing the brackets.





But with the way you've described it, the things may simply be glued on with adhesive or thinset. Since you can't get them off with your prybar, try to drive a putty knife in there using a hammer. Any cosmetic damage to the wall can be smoothed out with Polyfilla or something similar (http://www.lepageproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=25%26amp;subid=57%26amp;plid=310), then painted.