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Remove Bathroom Door and Frame

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How to Make Your Small Bathroom Bigger

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What happens here

The old bathroom door is removed. The worker initially attempts to use a drill/driver to remove the flathead screws from the hinges, noting the difficulty of working with stripped flathead screws. After failing to remove the screws easily, the entire door, along with its frame, is forcibly ripped from the wall using a pry bar and manual force. This method is effective for quick removal but highlights poor original installation practices. Prior to this, for dust containment, all other doorways leading from the bathroom should be sealed off with plastic sheeting and zippered entryways. Any HVAC vents should also be taped shut with plastic.

Goal: Completely remove the old bathroom door and its surrounding frame.

Tools and materials

  • Drill/Driver — Attempting to remove hinge screws
  • Flathead Screwdriver Bit — Attempting to remove flathead hinge screws
  • Pry Bar — Forcibly removing the door and frame from the wall
  • Respirator Mask 3M — Protecting against dust
  • Work Gloves KOBALT — Protecting hands during demolition
  • Masking Tape — Securing plastic sheeting to walls and door frames
  • Plastic Sheeting — Creating dust barriers across doorways and over vents for dust containment during demolition
  • Zipper Door Kit ZipWall — Creating a resealable entry point in plastic dust barriers

What they say

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this has to be the most annoying thing in the world so this hinge doesn't have the little pop off stem that comes down the middle so you can just slide it off and then on top of it they didn't use Philip screws you just put a screwdriver in they use Flathead screws and everybody I don't know if you ever used the Flathead uh bit on a drill it's like pulling teeth man it sucks and uh it's going to suck pulling this see that's what I mean you there's not enough for it to latch to stay in place like a Phillips would okay oh it's just going right back in I'm starting to bet that there's there's not a whole lot hold in this door and I could probably just rip it down yep that's how you take down a door in

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