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Posted by Lou on January 29, 2007, 11:47 pm
Friend has a house with a large (6' wide X 4.5' high) glued to one wall.
How to remove with least danger and a reasonable cost?
TIA
Lou
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Posted by Oren on January 30, 2007, 12:01 am
>Friend has a house with a large (6' wide X 4.5' high) glued to one wall.
>How to remove with least danger and a reasonable cost?
>
>TIA
>
>Lou
A mirror guy may use suction cups. still a chance of breaking it.
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Oren
"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens
constantly."
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Posted by DanG on January 30, 2007, 7:24 am
It is probably glued to the wall. Remove any top and side clips.
This deal may take 3 people. Get a wire started behind the
mirror, wrap each end around a stick, saw back and forth while the
3rd person pulls and balances.
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> Friend has a house with a large (6' wide X 4.5' high) glued to
> one wall.
> How to remove with least danger and a reasonable cost?
>
> TIA
>
> Lou
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Posted by Gary Dyrkacz on January 30, 2007, 6:34 pm
>It is probably glued to the wall. Remove any top and side clips.
>This deal may take 3 people. Get a wire started behind the
>mirror, wrap each end around a stick, saw back and forth while the
>3rd person pulls and balances.
The original OP did not indicate whether he wanted to save the mirror
or not. When I tried this on a 3'x3' vanity mirror it would not work.
I had hopes of initially saving the mirror. The adhesive just got hot
and gummy and when I would stop the stuff would cool and somewhat
reseal itself so that the wrire kept jamming. The mirror edges were
beginnig to show wear marks. I finally decided that $40 for a new
mirror was not so bad after all. I taped the mirror with masking tape,
put on some safety glasses, heavy gloves, and a long sleeved
sweatshirt, and covered the sink with towels to protect it. I used a
hammer to break up the mirror.
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Posted by Art Todesco on January 30, 2007, 9:51 am
I did this in my mother's house. She
had 3 mirrors, 6' x 2'. They were glued
to a concrete block wall that was
topcoated with plaster. I used a very large
spatula to go behind the mirror and
break some of the glue. The spatula had
a 18" blade. The job took some time and
I did put a few scratches in the back
side of the mirror silver, however,
unless you knew where to look, you'd never
find them. I re-installed the mirror in
another apartment and even had a 4th
one made to make it look right on the
new wall. The old wall had to be scraped,
plastered and sanded. Lot's of work,
but it all came out ok in the end.
Lou wrote:
> Friend has a house with a large (6' wide X 4.5' high) glued to one wall.
> How to remove with least danger and a reasonable cost?
>
> TIA
>
> Lou
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