If you're a home owner, you will need to install a towel bar at one time or another.
And in this video, I just remodeled a master bathroom and needed new towel bars to match
the rest of my plumbing fixtures.
So follow along with me as I install 2 towel bars on a fresh wall.
I've already started marking my wall with painters tape but what I did was measure up
from the floor to the height of where I wanted the bars to be placed.
I'm going to check to see if there are any studs where I'm going to put my screws.
I measured out the distance where I wanted the left side of the towel bar to end and
marked with more tape here.
The intersection of the two tape pieces is where I'm going to drill the first hole.
This is where the wall anchor will go because there is no stud right here.
Sometimes I use my own wall anchors but the ones included with the package will work great.
Slide this into the hole and tap them flush with the wall.
Now I'm going to measure the length of the towel bar from the center screw.
These are 24 inch bars and I see that it is exactly 24 inches between the screws.
On the wall, I will double check that my mark on the right is the same height as the left.
Then from the center of the first anchor, I will measure 24 inches to the right and
mark that position.
I like to keep checking my marks so with a level I'll verify that the holes are level
and it looks like it definitely is.
So now I'll check for studs on this side before drilling.
Looks like there is a stud here.
I'll drill a hole with a drill bit that is the size of the screw that will go here.
Starting on the left side, I'll start mounting the wall bracket with the included screws.
This one goes into the wall anchor.
Then I'm ready to mount the wall bracket on the right with another screw.
This one is going directly into the stud.
On both brackets, keep them loose for now, they'll be tightened later.
Now I'll check to see that my towel bar sits correctly on the brackets and I'll look to
see that it's level.
It's definitely looking good!
Here I'm using a pencil to mark the position of the bottom hole in the bracket.
Because the brackets are loose, I can get behind them easily to drill the final holes.
On the left I'm drilling a hole big enough for the wall anchor.
Like before I'll fold this anchor first and insert it into the hole.
The right side doesn't need an anchor so I'll just drill a hole right here.
At this time, I can screw in the last screws and tighten the brackets to the wall in their
permanent positions.
Don't forget to tighten the top screw as well.
I'm just about ready to put the towel bar on the wall.
Take the set screws and screw them into the bottom of the towel bar on the left and right
sides with the included Allen wrench.
Don't twist them in too far though.
The bar can be hung on the wall brackets and the last thing I need to do is tighten the
set screws.
This is probably the most difficult part of this installation because the screw is so
close to the wall.
It'll take quite a few twists but you'll know when it's tight.
When both set screws are tight, the towel bar should be solidly attached to the wall.
For the second towel bar, I'll just repeat the same steps to get that one mounted.
This really isn't a difficult installation and can probably be done in about 30 minutes.
If you can do this, you'll be able to hang towel rings too!
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