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towel bar keeps falling

last year

In downstairs half bath, the new towel bar and Toilet paper holders are NOT staying up securely. HELP! bought anchor screws, tried caulk, nothing is working! Cleaning people bumped it and now I have a gaping hole to deal with also. Any ideas? Advice? Pro tips? Thanks!

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Embothrium

last year

Falling towels are the worst when one is wearing them

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millworkman
last year
What type anchors are you using and how are you using them? If properly installed they should be dam near bomb proof.
Nancy Donio
Original Author
last year
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We're in AZ, so everything dries within 24 hrs or less. We always had bars and folded the towel long-ways in half and then over the bar. It was always dry by the next morning in this doubled manner. When we redid the old bathroom, I opted for a bar again for myself (because I also have a washcloth) and a hook for DH because he's not a very neat folder. His towel was still always dry by the next morning. I could see the mold potential, but if you get one of the big hooks that holds the towel out a little from the wall, I don't see how it would differ from the depth of a bar from the wall. In our new house, we're currently sharing one bar on limited wall space and I fully plan to switch DH to a hook again when we remodel. We also didn't have a hand towel bar when we moved in, so I just put up a removable plastic hook for the meantime. It's worked out very well (as DH ALWAYS removed the towel from the bar and didn't put it back) and I plan to hang both bathrooms' hand towels on hooks permanently as well!
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Mine worked. I got a super short one at Target. I have linked one below, but IIRC, mine was even shorter. Maybe the size used for sidelight curtains down the sides of a front door? I've also seen oval shaped instead of round, which I think might work better. As a precaution, I added two of those square peel and stick pads made by 3M, like the Command hooks you can pull off. So if the rod tries to slip down the cabinet wall, the pads give a little resistance. I though, honestly, it might not hold, but it has, and the upper lip of the door provides a good resistance angle to rip the towels across. This is in a 15" cabinet, tho, so no room to slide around. Here is a link that might be useful: Rod
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The hand towels in my guest bathroom / powder room get very wet. I think my teen son uses them to wash his face. I plan to remodel my son's bathroom next year. The first picture below is of my remodeled guest bathroom. In this room, the toilet is next to the vanity, so side of vanity was obvious place to hang TP holder, not a towel. Contractor was reluctant to hang the towel bar on the wall because the towels cover the electrical outlet. In my master bathroom, I have no towel bars, so hand towels sit on the counter. The layout in my son's room is more like the "By the Bay" Houzz photo above, there will be space for a towel bar on either the right-side side of the vanity or on the wall to the left (as in the "Art House" Houzz photo). But ... I'm thinking about keeping a medicine cabinet on the wall, so would be crowded to add a towel bar here, as in second photo below, taken at an open house in my area.
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3onthetree
last year
these, I think #8 IIRC to fit through the mounting plate
Nancy Donio
Original Author
last year
Ok thanks I will try that
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Jeffrey R. Grenz, General Contractor
last year
The anchors you used are not gonna hold much.
toxcrusadr
last year
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@Embothrium Depends on whether you're the wearer or not, and whether you like the other person.

I'm having a hard time figuring out how this post is relevant to compost. Maybe there's a composting toilet in this bathroom.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
Cut the drywall, screw blocking into place, patch drywall, paint, and screw into blocking.
charles kidder
last year
What Joseph said.

Might also consider getting a nice piece of wood to back the towel holder. Screw it into studs and then screw the towel holder into the wood backing.
CeeWhy
last year
I used what @3onthetree posted and it worked great. I had a toilet paper holder that wouldn't stay on no matter how much I tightened the set screw or replaced the plastic wall anchor. A guy on YouTube showed me how to install it 😁
tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
last year
You can purchase composite moldings in 1/2" X 3-1/2" at most home imp stores or lumber yards. Buy a length, cut it into appropriate lengths, then use toggle bolts and construction adhesive to attach it to the wall, covering the existing damage. When that part is complete, fasten the towel and paper holder to the composite molding.

When our kids were young, they used the hand rail as a braking mechanism to slow their descent as they hurtled headlong down the stairs; and of course they ended up pulling it out of the wall. This application happens to be at an angle, but the principle is the same. I adhered the oak trim board to the wall with countersunk screws and construction adhesive, then filled the screw holes and painted it the same color as the wall.The anchor screws are hidden behind the railing's mounting plate.

Al

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