Anyone know how to remove a mirror from wall?

Question

mirror in bathroom needs replacing, has four brackets holding in place, but it feels something is behind it attaching to wall.

Answer 1

probably glued(some brainiac).  You will have to break it.  Just your bad luck.  Do it on Friday 13th with a black cat and you know your day is shot.

Answer 2

There are usually several 'dollups' of mirror adhesive attaching mirror to wall.  Tape off the mirror with corner to corner, top-bottom, and side-side masking or duct tape to prevent shattering. Gently pry from multiple points going around the mirror.  It will eventually pop off the wall.

Answer 3

Sorry... they cannot be removed...

What you need to do is demolish your house.... then rebuild a new house around the existing mirror.

Answer 4

If it is glued you will have to break it to remove it. And the  the wall will be damaged. Often some of the glue is still on the wall making it impossible to put anything back on the wall until you remove the remaining glue.  It is a common practice to glue mirrors to the wall. Dangerous to remove if they have to be broken. be sure to wear safety glasses and gloves.

Answer 5

How big is the mirror and how is it attached?  If it is clipped on you only have to remove the clips. Thin mirrors are sometimes put on with double stick tape.  You might be able to get a knife behind the mirror and slice the tape.  But what I suspect you have is a larger mirror that has been glued on. The last time I removed a large mirror over a bathroom vanity, I found it was glued on to a Sheetrock wall.  I contemplated cracking the mirror and removing it piecemeal and decided a safer way would be to remove the SR on the wall.  We cut around the mirror with a sawzaw and using flat bars pried the SR from the studs.  From that point it was simply a wall repair with a new piece of SR.  You might want to tape the mirror well first to keep it causing any harm while you are prying behind it.  Consider that if you could somehow remove the mirror the glue would still have to be removed and that is going to cause damage to the wall also.  Sometimes what seems like more work is actually less.  If you are trying to save the mirror and you were successful in removing the wall plus the mirror you can then begin to remove the wall from the back of the mirror in pieces.

Answer 6

prob some sort of glue.  just get something behind it and pull it off but you may need two people

Answer 7

it's probably 2 sided tape...

try prying it..., with a skinny straight edge.

Answer 8

Break it and hope nothing happens to you in the next 7 years ;-)

Answer 9

Probably glue.