Taking Down a Glued On Mirror

We are currently giving our downstairs/guest bathroom a bit of an update. Nothing major, but it needed some maintenance. More on the whole makeover later, as we are still in the process of finishing it. One of the first things we wanted to do was take down the old mirror as it is starting to come apart and rust at the corners. It turns out these builder mirrors, that are put in with the house, are glued to the wall! However, I wanted that sucker down, so after some research we managed to do just that, and safely. 

How To Un-glue A Mirror

• Wear long pants, sleeves, gloves,and safety glasses in case the glass breaks.
• Cover mirror with duct tape.
• Have one person hold onto the mirror for stability, and then using a chisel and a piece of wood slowly pry at the corners of the mirror.

• If it still seems stuck you can use a piece of framing wire to act as a sort of saw along the back of the mirror.
• It should pop off with some ripping sounds from the wall behind (it will take quite a bit of compound to fill in the holes left behind).
• Ours came off in one piece, thankfully! And now we can put up a nice framed mirror.