Does anyone know how to remove the old silver towel racks that come standard in bathrooms?

Question

I can remove the actual long part where the towel hangs on, but how do you get the two ends out of the wall? they are the ends with the holes where the bar for the towel rack is placed. Please help, would appreciate it..thanks

Answer 1

i jsut ripped them out patched the wall and painted. it is now beautiful

Answer 2

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Does anyone know how to remove the old silver towel racks that come standard in bathrooms?
I can remove the actual long part where the towel hangs on, but how do you get the two ends out of the wall? they are the ends with the holes where the bar for the towel rack is placed. Please help, would appreciate it..thanks

Answer 3

After reading all of the answers and looking at your pictures, I would suggest that you try to get the item shown on Hugos' website. They will do the job with the least amount of damage and hold the towel rack firmly. The little grey weird thinge are called plastic rawl plugs and work this way: You make a hole in the sheetrock a little bit smaller than the plastic rawl plug, push it into the hole so it is flush with the wall, then hold the towel rack in position and screw the screws into the rawl plug. (you should have gotten a cardboard or paper template to locate the hole location) The item Hugo spoke of, works almost the same way. Once you put it into a hole and insert and tighten a screw, the screw pulls the back of it foward and against the back of the sheetrock. The picture shows what it looks like after a screw is inserted . When you buy it, it will be straight, like the "thingy" in your picture, so you can push it into the hole. "When all else fails, read the instructions!" Good luck, have fun.

Answer 4

If the bracket is metal there is a small screw on the bottom of the wall bracket, it takes a small screw driver about the size used for eye glasses. Unscrew this and the bracket will come off. There is a metal square that is screwed in the wall. Easy once you find the small screw on the bracket.

Answer 5

There should be a set screw either in the top or bottom of the bracket(s) that hold the rod. Loosen and the towel bar will come apart.

Answer 6

Check the very edge of the rack at the handle (part sticking out) there is a very tiny screw use screw driver and remove the rack

Answer 7

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Don't use those kind of anchors - they're junk. Either use toggle bolts or EZ anchors (EZ anchors look like very wide thread plastic screws). This is a weight-bearing thing you're installing. Those anchors will never work. Screw into studs or use the two methods above.

Answer 8

On some of them there is a allen port on the bottom of the exchutcheon plate turn it with the right size allen key and it should come loose.

Answer 9

underneath the racks there are set screws loosen and pull up pull down then, take of the brackets

Answer 10

look under the end of holder.there should be a little screw .loosen it and it will come off.then unscrew bracket from wall if you want to remove completely.

Answer 11

there should be a small hole on the underside of the bar holders--it will have either a flat head screwin it or a screw in it that needs an allen wrench