How To Repair Drywall From Ceramic Towel Bar

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How to repair drywall from ceramic towel bar.

Remove the post and. No mess no paint. Ceramic towel bar anchor posts rarely fail. Remove the old or broken towel bar from your wall.

Cut your new replacement bar to size. To repair a loose or broken towel bar. Short video on how to remove standard ceramic bathroom fixtures. The original bar is one piece and since the ends are locked into place you can t just slip in a new one.

Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar. Towel bars mounted on drywall need to be firmly anchored or they ll eventually fall off. Remove the old towel bar. Repair the holes where the towel rack holders were cemented by patching the drywall with drywall tape or fiberglass mesh and joint compound and sanding it smooth.

When replacing a towel bar or other ceramic fixture that fell off the wall due to abuse or poor installation simply remove all the old setting material and reuse the existing hole. The towel bar and toilet paper holder are glued to the wall simply pull them off with your. Use a cordless drill and make the existing holes in the wall larger so you can put in toggle bolts. I easily pulled my bar out on its own since it was too short to begin with but if yours isn t you can remove it by sawing through the middle of it.

Loosen the setscrew that fastens the post to the mounting plate. Replace light duty plastic anchors with heavy duty anchors that will keep towel bars in place even after years of hard use. Replace a cracked sagging or ugly towel bar. Put the toggle bolts on the towel bar mounting hardware by sliding the screw into the mounting hole and threading the spring loaded piece onto the other side.

How to repair a hole in drywall and install a towel bar on same place. But the plastic bar can snap sag develop cracks fade or discolor as it ages and is exposed to cleaning chemicals.