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.
How to install a ceramic towel bar on drywall.
Remove the old towel bar.
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.
No need for plaster repair or drywall etc.
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Cut a hole in the sheetrock large enough to mount a piece of 3 4 ply behind the hole that is larger longer than the hole.
Patch dw paint and remount the bracket and towel rod.
Applying new adhesive against remnant setting material pushes the replacement fixture away from the drywall giving a raised uneven appearance.
Replace light duty plastic anchors with heavy duty anchors that will keep towel bars in place even after years of hard use.
In this episode i go over how to easily repair a towel bar or towel rack that has come removed from the wall.
Now that you ve got your supplies it s time to go to work by removing the old towel bar.
This video will hopefully help you by showing how a popped off ceramic towel rack holder can be reinstalled.
Screw through the dw to secure the ply.
Loosen the setscrew that fastens the post to the mounting plate.
This is the best way to fix a hole in drywall from a towel rack being pulled out.
Remove the post and.