Hey there. I have a mint-green 50s bathroom. Beautiul, fresh color and sparkles. Still, I have to let the tiled-in vanity go. Undermount sink is rusted through - unusable and cabinet in bad shape.

Letting it go will open up some space, so I,m looking on the fresh and bright side of things.

If youre not familiar with 50s tile jobs, well, oh my goodness, they are built to withstand bombs. Tile is cemented into metal mesh and attached to walls on two sides.

I attempted angle grinding at one side of the vanity where it joins the wall and thought of just freeing it that way, and then possibly conserving some tile ( probably impossible because of heavy adherence to mesh) Angle grinder was a fierce tool with which i had no experience and required my two hands to operate one-handle, so I became too afraid to continue. Plus, the dust, oh, the dust. N95 and double it.

I consider finding a saw that will saw through the cabinet itself, right beneath the tile and all around so as to remove the cabinet from underneath the tile and perhaps the tile will come down on its own at that point.

Some guys have had a look and proposed just banging with a heavy hammer. Doesn't work for me. In an older home, I dont want to disturb all the walls and wires and pipes by heavy banging. Plus it simply may be more than they bargain for.

I saw a youtube cliip of a guy taking this tile out of a shower, but shower is a different thing.

There must be someone who has had the experience of removing this.

After removal comes whether to patch in tile on walls or clad in wainscoting. In either case, a challenge to make it look very well integrated, but that's another bridge to cross..

Thinking of pedestal sink or smaller vanity to open up space in the approx 5x8 and 9 ft bath. (Maybe octagon tiles would be suitable. I dont see sheet vinyl in these designs, so will probably be tile even if lessons should be learned here.)

Photo shows how the tile is attached. I felt sick marring the tile like that but have to move forward. I will definitely replace with fixtures and trims sensitive to era of the house. Thanks for all suggestions. Once it's out, I'll come back to ask about designs. That's not a hole in the mirror. That's my little, covid-haired head as I'm sitting on tub edge.

Thanks for all suggestions.