The previous owner of my new house installed ClosetMaid shelves in the closet. I removed the shelves, but had a really hard time with those clips and brackets (pictures attached). Seem like they were hammered into drywall anchors.
Be nailed into drywall anchors as those are usually used for screws. Most likely they are nailed into a stud which is why they are tough to pull out.
You just need to pry it off using the back of a hammer or a pry bar. You can put a piece of wood behind whatever you are prying with so that you do not damage the drywall.
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The wall is already damaged - nails do that to walls - so you're looking at fixing the wall no matter what.
With that in mind, you want a hammer, a small pry bar, a small quantity of joint compound or wall repair spackle (the latter is in the paint department), a sponge, a 1 putty knife, 1 pint or quart of primer and an equal quantity of interior paint matched to your existing paint as closely as possible, and a 1 trim paint brush.
Try your best not to pull out the whole bracket/clip without trying to pry the nail portion out first. The anchor used in these clips are the kind that split in half inside the wall so if you pry the whole fitting out, you will end up with an unnecessarily large hole to patch.
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Another approach is what I've done with success. If you can't pull the nail out first, then you can pull the whole fitting out of the wall just a fraction of an inch. Then, take a small saw (preferably with a fine tooth blade) and then cut the wall anchor portion of the fitting. That will allow you to first remove the nail and the fitting, then, the anchor portion can either be removed or pushed into the wall cavity and out of the way.
I had these exact same shelf clips and I found that the corner of a putty knife is perfect to pry out the nail just enough to get a small flat bar under the nail head. Putty knife is flat and usually stiff/flexible metal that is needed to pry out the nail.
I used a flathead screwdriver that was a part of my computer repair kit from RadioShack. I was able to get the nail to come out enough and then grab it with pliers. Then once the nail is out, the anchor is really easy to pull out. I have a video available at http://youtu.be/T6BE45nCOiQ
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These clips are in fact a nail with a drywall anchor. I have installed them before. In fact, I just completed doing a closet yesterday. There are two types of the anchors, I'm not sure which brand is which, but one brand actually has a slot in the top of he head to unscrew the nail to remove the brackets. This brand does not appear to have that. When I installed my closet organizers, I decided to not use the nails and use screws with the anchors instead. I also tried to find studs wherever possible. If I could find a stud in the proper location, I snipped off the end of the built in anchor and screwed straight into a stud.
I had the same issue with my house closet. Here's what you do, it worked for me. Being that its a nail with now gripping and it's deep in the anchor, get a pair of vice grip pliers, lock the pliers on to the anchor as tight as you can right where the nail is, once you've clamped the pliers unto the anchor try to pull the anchor out. Two things will happen, either the anchor will come right off with the nail attached, or the anchor will be removed just enough that you will be able to remove the nail with the back of your hammer. Nonetheless you're still gonna need to patch up the hole.
I just did a whole bunch of these. Take your needle nose pliers and press really hard around the nail head and grab the nail. Squeeze really hard and it will slide right out.This week I’m sharing a tutorial on how to remove wire shelves without damaging your walls. Getting rid of the old shelving was step one of my One Room Challenge pantry renovation so I’m happy that this part is behind me. That said, now all of my pantry food is sitting on my dining room table so this project needs to get completed fast! White wire shelving is very common but many people choose to replace it over time. I’ve witnessed a few cases where someone removes their wire shelves and in the process they create giant holes in their walls so I figured it may be helpful if I share my process to remove wire shelves and brackets without damaging your walls. Seriously, it’s so easy, you just need a few tools. I bet most of you even already have these tools on hand.
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Before I get into the details, here is what my pantry shelving situation looked like. All of the closets in my home have this white wire shelving. It isn’t terrible but it also isn’t my preference so I’ve slowly been upgrading my closets one by one.
The shelves aren’t physically attached to anything so they can just be lifted out of place. If they are seated tightly in any of the brackets just use a rubber mallet to knock them loose. For areas close to the wall it was easier to use the opposite (wooden) end of the mallet.
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This is where some people get too excited and just rip out the brackets pulling large chunks of drywall with them. There is an easy and quick solution though! Just use a small flathead screwdriver and pry the nail out until it extrudes far enough to grab it with some plyers and pull it out.
That’s it, super simple and no damage to the wall! I am working on patching the small nail holes in the wall using DAP spackling and a small putty knife. In between coats I sand with a drywall sanding sponge. Since the walls will all be covered with either cabinets or wallpaper I’m not too concerned about the finish but I want it to be as smooth as possible so that there aren’t any lumps under the wallpaper.
I also removed the baseboards as you can see in the photo above. Since I’m building custom cabinetry I won’t need baseboards in most of the finished pantry.
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I’m officially 2 weeks in to the One Room Challenge. For the next two weeks I will be working on the custom cabinetry. This is by far going to be the most time consuming and elaborate part of the renovation. Hopefully everything goes as planned and I don’t run into any issues. I just received a new recycling bin and a dog food storage container today so I’m excited to build a tilt out recycling bin and a pull out cabinet to store my dogs food. It’ll be nice to have a place to store them but have it be behind beautiful cabinetry so you don’t see it all the time. Here is my full renovation plan.
You can visit the One Room Challenge blog to see room transformations from all of the participants. Everyone will be sharing progress updates each week with the final reveals on November 11th-12th.
I hope that you found this simple tutorial on how to remove wire shelves helpful. By next week this pantry is going to look quite a bit different since some of the cabinetry will be done.
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