Towel rods keep breaking

Posted by on July 12, 2005, 9:57 am

Hi,

In our upstairs bath we have the kind of towel rods that are held into
the sheet rock by two screws. They keep breaking because people ,
myself included, keep leaning on them accidentaly and they pull right
out of the wall and then there is nothing left to put them back into
because the sheet rock gets pulled out.

Is there anything more heavy duty I can use so this won't keep
happening? Our downstairs bath has the towel rods cemented to the tile
but our upstairs bath doesn't have tile on the walls so that's not an
option and the walls aren't in good enough shape to tile.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Steve

Posted by Abe on July 12, 2005, 10:25 am

>In our upstairs bath we have the kind of towel rods that are held into
>the sheet rock by two screws. They keep breaking because people ,
>myself included, keep leaning on them accidentally and they pull right
>out of the wall and then there is nothing left to put them back into
>because the sheet rock gets pulled out.
>Is there anything more heavy duty I can use so this won't keep
>happening? Our downstairs bath has the towel rods cemented to the tile
>but our upstairs bath doesn't have tile on the walls so that's not an
>option and the walls aren't in good enough shape to tile.

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You want to attach the base of the towel holder to the wall either
using spreading anchor, as seen here:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Improve/fastnrwall

or better yet, by screwing the towel rod base directly into the studs
behind the wall.

Posted by on July 12, 2005, 10:27 am

Don't mount anything to drywall or any similiarly flimsy item.

Posted by Roger Taylor on July 12, 2005, 12:43 pm

> In our upstairs bath we have the kind of towel rods that are held into
> the sheet rock by two screws. They keep breaking because people ,
> myself included, keep leaning on them accidentaly and they pull right
> out of the wall and then there is nothing left to put them back into
> because the sheet rock gets pulled out.
> Is there anything more heavy duty I can use so this won't keep
> happening? Our downstairs bath has the towel rods cemented to the tile
> but our upstairs bath doesn't have tile on the walls so that's not an
> option and the walls aren't in good enough shape to tile.

I relocate such rods so the ends line up with studs. First, use a stud
finder to locate studs, use fine nails to confirm their location, then find
a towel rod that may be cut so the brackets will exactly bridge the studs,
usually 16 inch centers. Also, select brackets that have narrow-set screws,
so you don't miss the stud altogether when you mount it. Over time, towel
brackets on sheetrock will fail, and I tend to use spreading screw-in wall
anchors only for lighter duty stuff, like pictures and whatnot shelves. If
you put the towel rods on studs, you can practically do chin-ups on
them......

Posted by tomco2000 on July 12, 2005, 1:26 pm

Perhaps toggle bolts to make it a little more secure; or moving the rods
to match up with studs.

Just a thought!

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