Alluminium profile stuck to tiles

Jan 03, 2008 4 Replies

Had an embuggerance of a job today. Replaced a shower tray which had a crack in it.



Sort of house where you wipe your feet on the way out to keep the pavement clean. Ever seen orange coloured limescale on a shower screen so thick that you could actually use a scraper on it? Yuk!



Shower screen had to come out, easy enough - held into aluminium channels with a couple of self tappers each side + enough silicone to seal up the holes in the Titanic.



The two aluminium channels remained on the tiled walls, I removed all the screws, the channels didn't budge.



Could not shift them whatever I did & I don't give up easily. Scrapers, thin bladed Japanese pull saw, pry bars, wedges, craft knife.



I guess they were stuck to the tiles with clear silicone.



Sorted things another way in the end, but how do you remove something like this?



================================== Those channels probably have a 90 degree / 3/4" lip on one side through which they're screwed to the wall under the tiles. Check next time you're in Wickes.

Cic.

Thanks mate, I wouldn't have thought of that, but they were both positioned in the middle of a column of whole tiles.

Cunning these shower screen makers......

If it was silicone, then a steel guitar string can be used with a sawing action behind the trim. However I would expect a long bladed craft knife or extended snap off blade knife would have done it.

ISTR ours had some sort of foam/glue strip on the back :-}

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