How To Remove Wallpaper Behind Toilet Tank

In this video I show you how a professional wallpaper installer hangs new wallpaper around the toilet area. Sorry for the wrong orientation on the video.

8 Steps To Paint Behind A Toilet

Remove the top of your toilet and cover it with a garbage bag.

How to remove wallpaper behind toilet tank. But once the toilet was removed the homeowner did not like the idea of the empty wall back there. Now that you have your roller lift the top of the toilet tank off the toilet and put it outside of the room. The toilet tank had sat very tight to the wall so the previous wallpaper installer was not able to get wallpaper behind the toilet.

Unscrew the outlet and light-switch. Lift off the tank. Saves time and money.

Once youve done that youve got a thin easy to maneuver paint brush of sorts that will allow you to reach behind the toilet tank and apply your paint without having to remove the toilet or the tank. Often the top layer will come off first just do a second application. Use a sponge or a wet vacuum to remove any water remaining in the bottom of the tank.

To remove stubborn bits of adhesive either steam them or spray them with a squirt bottle of water sometimes you have to do both. The new wax ring for your. As always please like subscribe and comment on.

I would say buying the tool or removing the tank are the main two options and you should decide which is right for you. Then cover the top of the toilet tank with the a garbage bag. There are two types of toilets.

To easily remove wallpaper score the paper using the tool meant for this purpose then using a bottle sprayer or a pump style sprayer soak it with a solution of warm water and powder dish washer soap. Take down the mirror. Remove the tank lid and set it aside.

Simply dampen the spongy side with soapy water and slide it firmly against the wall to remove surface dust. Ready the room by removing practically everything except the toilet vanity moldings and a wall-mounted light fixture. I am in the process of removing wallpaper in a bathroom.

One-piece toilets and two-piece toilets. Loosen tank bolts with a wrench. Removing wallpaper from behind a toilet.

Either will require a trip to a hardware store. Disconnect the water supply line. And thats it.

Flush a few times to drain as much water from the tank as possible. Dry the inside of the tank with a sponge. This is how to remove a toilet tank.

Depending on the glue in the wallpaper plain water or water mixed with vinegar or fabric softener will work best. New innovative tool that helps you clean and paint behind the toilet tank faster easier and better. Use a plastic scraper to remove huge sections at a time.

I have removed all of it except behind the toilet. Instead he cut around it leaving a blank space behind the tank. Short video clip showing how to use a metal yardstick to smooth out wallpaper behind a toilet.

Not a big deal at all it happens from time to time. Why remove the tank. Its a great time saver and its going to cost you at most 5.

Turn off water to the toilet. A Jimmy Sponge Stix can be used to clean the wall directly behind the toilet. To be extra secure tape the bag to the bottom of the tank to ensure it doesnt move when youe painting.

8 Steps To Paint Behind A Toilet