{"id":4902,"date":"2021-11-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snaservices.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:15:14","slug":"sbw55-fix-a-loose-towel-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snaservices.com\/index.php\/sbw55-fix-a-loose-towel-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"SBW#55 – Fix a Loose Towel Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I ended up less than 1 year out of the hardware that came with my towel bar<\/a> before it started wobbling. I was disappointed in this but hey, it was still under the contractor’s warranty that remodeled my bathroom so I called them up. They sent someone out to make the repair and it appeared to last for about another year and then was wobbling again to my disappointment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would be the first time I’ve had the same thing fail from this contractor that has always done top-notch work for me. So, I decided to tackle it myself. Towel Bars<\/a> are not that hard to install, after all, I had updated the ones in my other bathroom several years before this remodel so they were no longer outdated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bring out the tools one by one because for some reason, I’ve misplaced my tool belt and I didn’t want to dig out my tool bag. I only need a half dozen items to make this repair so I could easily carry them in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first thought is perhaps the set screw is loose. This is the little screw, typically an Allen screw is located on the underside of something that had maybe come loose. I grabbed the appropriate size bit <\/a>and attempted to tighten it up with my magnetic bit handle screwdriver<\/a>, however, the towel bar<\/a> stem was still loose. Okay. so not this issue, I’ll need to dig deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I unscrewed the Allen screw and took the stem and bar off the wall. This is when I discovered the screw holding the hardware to the wall was actually loose. So, I attempted to tighten it with my screwdriver <\/a>it but it just spun and figured, yeah, it is just stripped out in the wall because it’s not into a stud and only in drywall. I pulled the little plastic wall anchors out with my needle-nose pliers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n