How To Remove Subway Tile From Wall

A grout scraper can get between the ceramic without cracking them and causing serious damage when you remove the tile backsplash.

How to remove subway tile from wall.

The method used to attach the tiles to the wall affects the way the tiles come off. 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. This means that it takes more care to remove a wall tile without damaging the surrounding tiles.

View in gallery continue removing the tiles one at a time working from top to bottom until all tile is removed. Work the grout scraper in a downward motion and work side to side to gently loosen the tile from its hold against the 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. Tiles installed with thinset or another tile adhesive often require more work to remove them.

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.