"wannabe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Unless you handle the towels on that ring with kid gloves, I wouldn't
trust any fasteners through drywall alone to last very long without
loosening. The typical user tugging on the towels will probably wiggle
them loose.

Jeff

I agree, it would be easier to cut a section of drywall out, install
a 2x and be done with it forever and ever.


He could find someone with a router to put some sort of decorative edge
around a 1-by whatever size wood is right, mount it on the outside, spanning
between the beams, and put a couple of other hooks on it for....whatever, in
addition to the towels.