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How to remove bathroom cabinet,sink and mastic/sealent?

  • 16-10-2012 2:14pm
    #1
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭


    How in gods holy name do I remove a "free standing" bathroom sink and cabinet?

    The original plumber seems to have bonded both the sink and the cabinet to the tiled wall with some sort of mastic/grip adhesive and sealent...(its not normal silicone sealent)

    Nither the cabinet or the sink want to budge or move,and Ive stripped off all the under sink pipeing and waste fittings.I sliced through all the mastic/sealent I could get to.

    Still the fecker wont move or come away from the wall.

    I also checked to see if it was screwed to the wall,and its not.

    Any tips here on how to remove both,without breaking the wall or tiles open??


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  • #2
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭jimf


    hacksaw blade caught in a vice grips worked for me once but had plenty room
    at both sides like you dont know what kind of **** was used to stick but wasnt std
    silicone


  • #3
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    jimf wrote: »
    hacksaw blade caught in a vice grips worked for me once but had plenty room
    at both sides like you dont know what kind of **** was used to stick but wasnt std
    silicone


    I might try that.

    It looks like a Tech-7 style of mastic,its not normal bathroom silicone that you would use for sealing the gap between the sink and the tiled wall.

    Its some sort of heavy duty rubbery type mastic.It was used to bond the sink onto the cabinet,then bond the sink to the wall,and then bond the back of the cabinet to the wall aswell.Its everywhere.:mad:

    And it is an absolute bitch to try and get a large stanley blade to slice through it.:(


  • #4
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭jimf


    tech 7 great tack until you want to remove remember once getting a silicone remover think it was from wurth


  • #5
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Well the hacksaw blade trick worked.

    But I had to go more extreme on actually removing the basin and use a larger saw.

    The mastic that was used,was everywhere,and was a bitch to get to with the saw.

    I had to gently lever the basin and the wall apart to get the saw in to cut the mastic away.

    Anyway job done.

    Thanks again for the tip and advice.:)


  • #6
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Can I ask where I can get silicone sealant remover?

    How does it work?

    Would it cause any damage to the tiles?

    And approx what sort of price does it cost?


    Thanks.:)


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  • #7
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭jimf


    sure i got it in wurth ireland in limerick cant remember price it was about 10 years ago but good tack


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