Repair Ceramic Towel Bar Holder

How to glue a porcelain towel rack.

Repair ceramic towel bar holder.

Porcelain towel racks must be attached to the wall. In this episode i go over how to easily repair a towel bar or towel rack that has come removed from the wall. Remove the post and. Place a pry bar between the holder and the wall over the masking tape.

Slip the other end of the bar into the second post s notch and install the post. I would like to utilize them for grab bars for my wife who needs help getting up from the john. The notch in the post for the towel bar must face the second post s hole. The original bar is one piece and since the ends are locked into place you can t just slip in a new one.

The builder gave us some ugly ceramic towel bar and toilet paper holder we decided to remove them and get the chrome one. One of the ceramic porcelain towel holders fell off the wall leaving a square hole in the dry wall where it used to be this is how it was originally installed. A towel rack in the bathroom is an essential hardware item and range from porcelain and metal to plastic. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals.

Towel bars mounted on drywall need to be firmly anchored or they ll eventually fall off. Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail. Any suggestions for replacing them with a 1 diameter bar spring loaded. Points awarded for best answer.

Replace light duty plastic anchors with heavy duty anchors that will keep towel bars in place even after years of hard use. Loosen the setscrew that fastens the post to the mounting plate. Carefully position the bar in the first post s notch. Repair the holes where the.

Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel bar. It is interesting that i couldn t find a lot diy information on this topic so i decided to write one up to help other people. No need for plaster repair or drywall etc. Place the thinset inside the second hole and on the second post.

I need to know what kind of putty cement etc would be best to re affix it in this hole. The holder ends are very secure and in exactly the space i want to install the grab bar. When installing a ceramic towel bar mount one post using the above method.