Do not overlook the towel bars when you update your bathroom with ceramic wall tiles or lots of of towels may quickly overshadow your killer tilework. Mounting a towel bar on a wall that is freshly tiled needs drilling holes to the tiles you installed and might seem difficult to do it-yourself homeowners. Donât be intimated — with simple resources and just one specific drill-bit, it is possible to install a towel bar in tile to place the finishing touch in your bathroom revamp.
Hold your towel bar against the wall to determine on the peak and place that is greatest for the bar. A towel bar is defined at 48 inches over the ground for grownups and 36-inches for kids. Use a tape measure for the correct bracket using a pencil and create a peak reference mark on the tile. Therefore you might be as close to the middle of the tiles as possible adjust.
Tear off tape to make a 3-by-3 inch square over the tile where you’ll be drilling the holes for the correct mounting bracket As you are drilling the tape keeps the drill bit from sliding across the surface of the tile. Hold the bracket from the tape together with the bottom of the bracket in the peak mark. Mark the tape to to point where to drill.
Attach a diamond-tipped drill bit to your own drill. So the bit is perpendicular to the tile, hold the drill. Drill through each hole. Remove the tape and insert tile anchors to the holes. Tap the anchors flush with all the tile using a hammer. Hold up the bracket align the holes and insert the screws that are supplied. Secure the bracket to the tile utilizing a screwdriver.
Place a-4-foot le Vel below the bracket that is proper and measure the appropriate length for the left bracket. Repeat Step Two and Stage 3 to to add the left mounting bracket to the tile.
Insert the towel bar to the towel bar holder that is proper and connect the assembly to the correct bracket. Be positive the setscrew hole is about the underside. Insert the setscrew and tighten it with the provided hex wrench.
Attach the towel bar holder that is left to the finish of the towel bar and connect the assembly to the left bracket in a trend that is related.