How to Remove a Toilet Paper Holder

When you live in a busy household, one of your tasks every now and then is to remove the toilet paper holder so you can add a fresh roll of toilet paper onto the holder. The toilet paper holder itself is a spring-loaded cylinder that fits into two holes on either side of a wall-mounted holder. When toilet paper is loaded onto the cylinder through the cardboard center of the paper roll, and the cylinder is remounted into its wall sockets, the toilet paper will roll easily from its position. Here's how to remove the toilet paper holder when you're ready to restock the paper.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

How to Remove a Toilet Paper Holder

1. Put your hand over the empty toilet paper tube that is on top of the toilet paper holder. Squeeze your hand around both the cardboard tube and the hard wooden or metal cylinder that is threaded through the cardboard tube underneath.

2. While still squeezing, push both the cardboard tube and the cylinder underneath together to the right or left of the holder. When you push in one direction, there will be a spring that compresses, and the opposite end of the tube will come free from the holder.

3. Pull the toilet paper holder and the cardboard tube away from the wall mount by bending the free end toward your body. The other end will follow, and you'll have the whole device out and in your hand.

4. Removing the toilet paper holder that has a full roll of toilet paper on it is slightly different. Push the full roll of toilet paper toward one end of the holder. Find the edge of the interior cylinder with your fingertips and press the cylinder toward the opposite end of the holder. If it doesn't move, change sides and push the other direction. The toilet paper holder should spring back, leaving a small space between the wall holder hole and the cylinder end. This is your opening for removal.

5. Bend the big roll of toilet paper and cylinder out toward your body until the whole device is free and in your hands. You have removed it.