I have a mirror that is 3 times that size and it is in a wooden frame. We are 2 persons and we can’t lift it. And the mirror is glued inside the frame and the frame is screwed on the wall! How do I take it off?
We had some professionally installed. We had asked him if we were to move if he can remove them. He said the adhesive would be impossible to remove from the glass without breaking. Is he using something stronger??? We have 1/4" thick 6'×6' polished edge. They are definitely wider than the one you removed. Is this more fragile to remove?
I was told by a company they would break three of my four mirrors. I said I would try myself. When my trick removed the first one so easy, I decided to shoot the video. Mastic is the adhesive I was dealing with and this is on most mirrors.
Brian, do you have any advice for me? I have a powder bath with gigantic mirrors on 3 walls. A 6’x6’ that runs all the way from one corner of the wall to the other corner where directly butts up next to a 4’x6’ mirror, which in turn directly butts up next to another 6’x6’ mirror. The big dilemma is I cannot find a place to slide in a shim. Here is a mental picture how these mirrors are wedged in: from floor up: drywall, chair rail, aluminum tracking with no visible screws or clips, then mirrors corner to corner to flush with the ceiling. Do we have any hope of getting these out without smashing them?
Used a heat gun and shims. Took longer but next to NO wall board damage. Mastic stayed on the wall to be scraped off with the heat gun and wide putty knife.
Bud Pool, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but how did you use the heat gun? Did you heat the mirror from the front, or shoot the heat in the crevice between wall and mirror while using a shim?
@@mrbrady615 Used a common hair blow dryer to the front of the mirror, used the shims and started at the top. Use 2,3 or more shims as needed. Keep the mirror hot.
Steel border? Could be a french cleat or aluminum channel which is just added support to the mirror but you should still have a glued mirror. Remove metal borders top and sides (NOT BOTTOM) and same technique should work. Error on side of caution if you don't know what you are dealing with.
Brian Monroe my bad, I don’t know why i wrote steel. It’s aluminum channel. It’s a huge mirror 13 feet wide (6.5 + 6.5 with a extra 4 inch mirror on the joint). Height of the mirror is around 47 inches.
@@wbrianmonroe Hi I tried to remove the channels but they were screwed so i had to break the screws and on that i got a small lines on the mirror at the bottom, then i tapped it all. But i have mo access to insert shims from top or side. Yhe mirror is not even moving with so many shims in from bottom. Should i take out the whole dry wall? Regards Muhammad
We had some professionally installed. We had asked him if we were to move if he can remove them. He said the adhesive would be impossible to remove from the glass without breaking. Is he using something stronger??? We have 1/4” thick 6’x6’ polished edge. They are definitely wider than the one you removed. Is this more fragile to remove?
This does work but don't assume all mirrors are installed this way. Half of my mirror wall removals go like this. The other half are a mess from the complete overuse of glue.
Dale Zegarelli I'm a physical therapist who owns the place and was told by the glass company they would break 3 of my 4 mirrors. I broke zero! I would not work anywhere else either.
i am probably being too critical. hate to see you guys get hurt. must admit; you removed the glass mirror without incidence. i have a huge mirror on a wall of a house i want to flip. can not get anyone to take it down. it has clips and some kind of wood strip behind the mirror, running along each side. ANY IDEA, HOW TO REMOVE THAT MIRROR FROM WALL?
it is more UNBELIEVABLE for you to think it won't. i would rather have a piece of razor sharp glass deflect off my pants, rather than my skin. DO WHAT YOU WANT. better be safe, than SORRY.
Dale Zegarelli. I've grown up in a glass shop. Jeans and Dickies just don't stop razor sharp glass. There are several pieces of safety gear missing. I consider pants at the bottom of the list.
Thank You, My wife is downsizing from two dance studio locations to one. This is very helpful. Do you suggest using suction cups to move the mirrors or will it be OK without? They appear to be the same size as the ones you removed in your video. 4' x 6'
gretschpainter Suction cups are not necessary. These mirrors sit on a railing. As the mirror comes loose from the wall, just don't let it tilt forward and fall. Then lift out of railing and place on floor.
I called a glass guy who said he could possibly salvage one of the four in removal. I thought my odds have to be that good on my own and no cost. I saved all four mirrors!
Sosan Zee Taped mirror to left in video was the first removed. Came off easy and dealing with extra thick mirror. Start top to bottom and use shims tight together to break up all adhesives cleanly.