How To Remove Wall Tile From Drywall

This video demonstrates an easy way to remove glued on tile while keeping drywall damage to a minimum.

How to remove wall tile from drywall.

Put on protective gloves and place a piece of dry ice in a towel. Tap the handle of the tool with a hammer until the tile comes away from the wall. Score the 1st tile you plan on starting with using the grout cutter. Allow to fully dry.

However it is unlikely that removing the adhesive will leave the drywall looking like new. You may need to pry it off in two or three places if firmly attached. To remove thinset use a stiff putty knife and some elbow grease to scrape it from the wall. The use of the right tools and materials combined with some elbow grease will remove most tile adhesives from drywall.

The extreme cold may make the glue brittle and cause the tile to come off easily. Hold the ice against the tile for a minute or two then try prying. If the tile runs wall to wall proceed to step 2 to create your starting point. Give it a try by inserting a chisel putty knife or other flat tool in between the tile and the wall almost parallel to the wall.

Run the gout cutter around the tile edges in the grout area. If there is an outside edge to the tile you can start there. At the edge of the tile chip away the grout with the. Tiles installed with thinset or another tile adhesive often require more work to remove them.

Fold the towel around the dry ice and twist the ends to give you a handle. This will further loosen the tile reducing the chances of you damaging the drywall behind it when you start removing the tile from the wall. Fill drywall gouges with drywall joint compound and sand it smooth. Removing tile adhesive from drywall is not an impossible process.