My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is the
kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I don't know it
the grandson was doing chinups or what but he managed to break the bar.
Because the holders are ceramic and permantly fastened to the wall they
are not movable. Does anyone have a strategy to install a replacement
rod under these conditions?

TIA.

You could try steaming a piece of wood to bend it but I doubt a piece
that thick would bend enough unless it was soft like pine.

Think scarf joint and glue.

mike wrote:
My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is the
kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I don't know it
the grandson was doing chinups or what but he managed to break the bar.
Because the holders are ceramic and permantly fastened to the wall they
are not movable. Does anyone have a strategy to install a replacement
rod under these conditions?

TIA.

a telescoping rod.

Dave

I hate those things. If it were my house, I would take them down and
make a piece of furniture with cabinet doors, maybe a mirror, and a
multi-tiered towel rack.

I think you'll find that if you look under the ceramic things, there's
a screw holding them onto a cleat that's been glued and screwed to the
wall. Once loosened, they should slide up and off.

brian

I'd make the bar in two pieces, joined with an end-to-end half lap.

mike wrote:
My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is the
kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I don't know it
the grandson was doing chinups or what but he managed to break the bar.
Because the holders are ceramic and permantly fastened to the wall they
are not movable. Does anyone have a strategy to install a replacement
rod under these conditions?

Those holders often have some sort of relief or cut-away, usually on the
upper rear, that allow a new bar to be flexed into place. Some may have
a hidden screw that allows one end to be loosened to install a bar.

When the holders are installed, the tile guys usually don't install the
bar until the adhesive has set, so there's got to be a way.

Barry

With the new rod lodged in one receptacle, mark, then cut the new rod
just short of the other receptacle.Drill the ends of your dowel rod to
accept some pretty firm coil springs. Make sure the drilled holes are
equal depth so the spring pressure is equal. Then insert one end with a
spring in a receptacle then push the spring back into the other end and
drop it into the other receptacle. If the spring pressure is enough, it
will not fall out under normal use.

Tom in Ky Wishing for spring.

I recently removed a set from our bathroom....I simply gave the bottom of
the ceramic a fairly good shot upward with the palm of my hand.

Let us know how you make out.
Doug
"mike" wrote in message
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My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is the
kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I don't know it
the grandson was doing chinups or what but he managed to break the bar.
Because the holders are ceramic and permantly fastened to the wall they
are not movable. Does anyone have a strategy to install a replacement
rod under these conditions?

TIA.

mike wrote:

My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is
the kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I
don't know it the grandson was doing chinups or what but he
managed to break the bar. Because the holders are ceramic and
permantly fastened to the wall they are not movable. Does anyone
have a strategy to install a replacement rod under these
conditions?

TIA.


Well, first pick up a can of temporary wood shrinker & neutralizer
from any good lumberyard. Fashion a new rod of the proper size, paint,
then spray on the shrinker. When the rod has has shrunk to a suitable
length, wipe on a little of the neutralizer and hold in between the
porcelain holders and wait for it to expand back to it's orginal size.

If that fails, you can try an adjustable towel bar replacement...

http://www.azponline.com/amazonstore...B00065XNU8&mer
chantId=1392&browse_id=57706&parent_id=

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...I/102-1017873-
8664158?SubscriptionId=04HSKH6V3FDXFHVN1F82Content-
type%3A%20text&n=228013

Good luck!

Could you just cut it short and rub on a paste of water and viagra?

anonymous

wrote:

Could you just cut it short and rub on a paste of water and viagra?

anonymous


Viagra is a wood hardener, not an expander. Duh.

The ones in my bathroom have a dovetailed metal clip attached to the wall.
Try banging the ceramic part up gently with a NON METTALIC hammer. Mine came
right off.
max

mike wrote:

My daughter has ceramic towel bar holders in her bathroom. It is
the kind that takes a wooden bar that is roughly 1" square. I
don't know it the grandson was doing chinups or what but he
managed to break the bar. Because the holders are ceramic and
permantly fastened to the wall they are not movable. Does anyone
have a strategy to install a replacement rod under these
conditions?

TIA.


Well, first pick up a can of temporary wood shrinker & neutralizer
from any good lumberyard. Fashion a new rod of the proper size, paint,
then spray on the shrinker. When the rod has has shrunk to a suitable
length, wipe on a little of the neutralizer and hold in between the
porcelain holders and wait for it to expand back to it's orginal size.

If that fails, you can try an adjustable towel bar replacement...

http://www.azponline.com/amazonstore...B00065XNU8&mer
chantId=1392&browse_id=57706&parent_id=

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...I/102-1017873-
8664158?SubscriptionId=04HSKH6V3FDXFHVN1F82Content-
type%3A%20text&n=228013

Good luck!

It would only work for a few hours.
max

Could you just cut it short and rub on a paste of water and viagra?

anonymous