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Shower Soap Rack Screw Heads

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BarnaWill | 16:40 Mon 04th Jul 2016 | Home & Garden
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So we have a soap and shampoo rack in the bathroom. It's held to the wall by two screws and a fixing system on top.
I tried to remove it to have a good clean, but when I tried to unscrew them, they just broke off. Both screw heads have rusted clean through.
So now I have 2 screw bodies, in their rawl-plugs, with no heads at all. Both of them are flush with the wall, and they're both at the joining point of 2 largish tiles.
How on earth do I get them out? I can't drill them out like I would a messed up rawl-plug. I can't pull them out, there's nothing I can grip onto, and even if I could get a grip on something, the body of the screw is in the rawl plug and tightly screwed in. What next? Any thoughts?
Re-tiling is not an option.

Many thanks all.
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Leave them in situ, drill new holes ½' or so to the side, assuming old holes will be covered by rack, use Brass screws so they don't rust.

Also you could use a punch to tap them below surface and grout over
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Agree with baidrics advice but worth investing in a set of these

http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-tile-glass-drill-bit-set-3pcs/53634

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