Bathroom tile repair is underway

It began innocently – removal of the original towel bar over the toilet.

Seemed like a good chiseling should remove it cleanly. Yes, it seemed that it should.

As with most features of my 1949-built house, even the towel bar was installed to withstand nuclear bomb blasts, raging tornadoes and subzero temperatures.

Turns out that a wide spike on the back of the bar was set into the tile.

Next step, remove and replace the two tiles that now have gaping holes.

Seems easy enough.

I'll keep you posted.