How to Install or Repair a Towel Rack

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Loose or broken towel racks can be quickly and easily repaired. Learn DIY home repair tips on how to install or repair a towel rack in this free online home improvement video.

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Posted by notsohandy on Monday, 07 July, 2008 at 10:27 AM

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Awesome video, I just had the hand towel loop fell off and couldn't figure out how to fix it. This video showed me the way, awesome and thanks!

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How to Install or Repair a Towel Rack
If you have a towel rod that’s falling off the wall and won’t stay on, it’s very easy to fix. First you need to remove it so you can actually get to the support mechanism in the back. On my particular model, it has what we call a set screw, which will, when you loosen it, will release the holder from the mount. If you don’t have a set screw, then more than likely, yours simply lifts off of the bracket similar to this on the back.

What is probably the problem is that your holder is mounted into dry wall anchors which have come loose. They do that. So what you want to do is take it off, and you’re going to need to, instead of using dry wall anchors, you’re going to want to mount it with what we call a molly bolt. And this is very simple to use. You simply put the bolt through there and then thread on this butterfly anchor which collapses to go through the hole and then expands on the other side.

Now, the hole that this butterfly will need to go through is probably larger than the hole that your anchor left behind. So you’ll need to drill a larger hole to accommodate it. and don’t worry, it will be hidden once you put the mount back in place. So once you’ve drilled a larger hole, and I’m just going to do one of these, but you would want to do both, then you would collapse the butterfly anchor, push it through the hole all the way to allow it to pop out and grab the back of the dry wall. And then it’s simply a matter of holding this forward and then tightening. You’ll feel it tighten and pull up against the back of the sheet rock. And then just everything in reverse. And then it’ll be fixed.

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Expert: Greg Lim is a professional handyman and residential property manager. In the seven years he’s been a contractor, he has fully renovated two houses. Read More