Thanks.
2007-10-13 08:49:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Thank you so much, for the good suggestions! It is one of those chrome- mounted jobs, it hasn't pulled away yet, but with a little more help from my gang, it surely will unless it gets fixed ASAP.
2007-10-13 12:59:14 · update #1
There are dry wall mounts you dont have to change towel racks or anything they just fit inside the existing hole. Go to the hardware store, and tell the clerk your problem. These fit right into the hole and expands behind the hole. As a renter, I have found that landlords frequently put up towel racks where there is no stud and they do not stay! Kids, heavy, wet towels or just time, will pull them down!
I wish I could think of the name of them but the clerk at the hardware store will have just the thing? They are cheap, and plastic...
2007-10-14 02:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by disturbed 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-03 03:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several different types of towel racks. If you can not see the screws, usually on the chrome racks, there will be a hole in the bottom of the rack. There is a screw there that uses either a small screw driver or a hex wrench. Remove the screw and the cover will come off. Behind this piece you will find the screws that are holding the rack to the wall. If you can not tighten these screws then remove them and replace them. Use a good anchor so the problem won't reoccur.
If your towel rack is wooden, it probably has wooden plugs over the screws. Remove these plugs and the screws and once again replace them with good wall anchors.
The set screw under the chrome rack may be all that is loose also, so try tightening it first.
2007-10-13 10:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by Wilber 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to the hardware store and ask for some wing nut anchors, they have a little springy nut that closes and then you make a hole in the wall and once you stick that wing through the hole, it flips back open and all you have to do is tighten it....take the old towel rack down and replace the screws with these wing nuts.....picture in the sources section...
2007-10-13 17:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are lucky, it is not pulling out of the wall. Look underneath at the attachment points, you should see a small hole with a screw in it. You will need a (eyeglass type) screwdriver or a small hex tool to turn the screw tighter.
If it is pulling out of the wall, you will need to remove the towel rack and re-install it at a different point on the wall, the patch the drywall holes.
2007-10-13 08:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Dan H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋