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I was wondering how most of you handle removing large mirrors above vanity tops when doing remodels. After cutting myself a couple of months ago, I swore I would never do it again myself, that I would hire a glass and mirror company for anything more than three feet wide. Also, with mirrors that are installed with mastic, has anyone ever tried to reinstall one of these, (scrape of the old mastic maybe)
We let our Glass and Mirror guys do it. The liability is just too high to allow my install guys try it. When all goes well with the mirror, it is great. When things go bad, they go real bad.
Cut your loses.
We tell the customer it is their responsibility to have it removed, if they ask how to do it I tell them to call a glass company. No problems so far.
Shane
Norm, you mean you can get the mirror off the wall when it has been glued to the drywall? In my house, I never realized it was glued on until my wife wanted a new vanity top. and I started thinking about taking the 5′ mirror off the wall. I figured it would have to come off in pieces….
Kelsey, all you do is use suction cups and start pulling, start about a foot from the edge and about a foot from the top of the mirror and keep moving the suction cups until you have released all the adhesive. I ended up with 15 stitches and what looked like a horror movie with blood squirting when I was taking one out of my truck and putting it in my dumpster. It had a chip in the corner, and I wasn’t paying attention and slid it out of the truck and right into my arm. After I got the stitches, I still had to get rid of the mirror, I was a little more careful the second time.
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