I have a few in West Cleveland area. Duplexes and SFRs. How about you? What part of Pittsburgh? I moved here recently to invest in real estate and ended up doing a lot of the work myself. I'm not planning to do everything myself but it's good to know what kind of work these things entail.
I have no idea why 16 and 32 inch towel bars aren't more common. You should always be installing these in a stud. They just always fall out of drywall and it sucks. Alternatively, the carpenters should ALWAYS put blocking in the wall for stuff like this. I don't know if stud-finders are good enough to find them and their dimensions, but what I'm familiar with just finds the nails. If that's how all of them work, they need to have a carpenter's signal for where a stud is specifically for a towel rack and toilet paper holder. Maybe a nail on each side of where the stud is for those things.
What if you don't have a wonky wall for the towel holder and you don't want to open up the wall. Any ideas on how to anchor the other end? Thanks for the great vid!
Screwing or drilling into a wall always makes me nervous as you never know if you are going to hit a pipe, or even worse screw into a power cable. In your guide you are actually seeking out the power outlet to find a stud and then screwing into a stud, you can one avoid screwing into a power cable behind the wall and lighting themselves up?
It's a little hard to install toilet paper holder in a bathroom where there's no wall on either side, and then the toilet is between the sink and the tub, I have to find a place in front of my toilet on the wall to put my toilet paper holder, But then I have to have the bars high enough to where if I put a bath towel it doesn't drape over the tissue. If there weren't any studs, couldn't you just use wall anchors?
Most of the modern stud-finders work with ultrasonic sound pulses... like submarine sonar. The original ones worked with magnetism and depended on sensing a screw or nail. The most expensive modern ones actually use a combination of sonic and electromagnetic technologies to detect live wires and distinguish between wood and metal studs.
The reflected sound waves are stronger with an increase in density of the wall. In other words, the stud (or any other object) reflects more than an empty or insulated space. The electronics see the change in density/reflectivity as you pass the device over the surface.
you dont have to use the entire length of the towel rack,you can just cut it off to suit the stud spacing,found video to be pretty useless,most times you wont encounter the examples used,how about showing a real life solution
+gasmanrm you can cut the towel bar and I thought about recommending that. The purpose of the video was to give a variety of different tips. Maybe you should make a video showing how to cut the towel bar 👍
nice. so we should always install it on stud if available and if not use dry wall with good anchors
I'm also doing flips and rentals in Cleveland and I find your videos so relevant and helpful! ^^
+Andreu Ahn cool, glad they help. What part of Cleveland
I have a few in West Cleveland area. Duplexes and SFRs. How about you? What part of Pittsburgh? I moved here recently to invest in real estate and ended up doing a lot of the work myself. I'm not planning to do everything myself but it's good to know what kind of work these things entail.
I agree find and use a stud whenever you can. Great video.
I have no idea why 16 and 32 inch towel bars aren't more common. You should always be installing these in a stud. They just always fall out of drywall and it sucks.
Alternatively, the carpenters should ALWAYS put blocking in the wall for stuff like this. I don't know if stud-finders are good enough to find them and their dimensions, but what I'm familiar with just finds the nails. If that's how all of them work, they need to have a carpenter's signal for where a stud is specifically for a towel rack and toilet paper holder. Maybe a nail on each side of where the stud is for those things.
What if you don't have a wonky wall for the towel holder and you don't want to open up the wall. Any ideas on how to anchor the other end? Thanks for the great vid!
Screwing or drilling into a wall always makes me nervous as you never know if you are going to hit a pipe, or even worse screw into a power cable.
In your guide you are actually seeking out the power outlet to find a stud and then screwing into a stud, you can one avoid screwing into a power cable behind the wall and lighting themselves up?
Rob Gunther totally agree
I've never mounted on a stud before. How deep do you have to go?
Hey Jeff, cool little video. I was wondering what type of stud finder is that? it's pretty cool!
It's a Franklin stud finder, love it. Here's a link amzn.to/2hzlR2q
Great for you. Now what do you do if you don't have a wonky wall? Anchor screws! : & ...or cut the bar by 2" and over crowd your towels.
It's a little hard to install toilet paper holder in a bathroom where there's no wall on either side, and then the toilet is between the sink and the tub, I have to find a place in front of my toilet on the wall to put my toilet paper holder, But then I have to have the bars high enough to where if I put a bath towel it doesn't drape over the tissue. If there weren't any studs, couldn't you just use wall anchors?
just did mine last week. these can be a pain!
+DIY Solutions sure can, these were pretty easy compared to others 👍
Thanks Jeff! How does that stud finder work if your studs are primarily wood?
+snakemonkey555 not sure but the one I use has been spot on.
Most of the modern stud-finders work with ultrasonic sound pulses... like submarine sonar. The original ones worked with magnetism and depended on sensing a screw or nail. The most expensive modern ones actually use a combination of sonic and electromagnetic technologies to detect live wires and distinguish between wood and metal studs.
David Tierce Thanks.
The reflected sound waves are stronger with an increase in density of the wall. In other words, the stud (or any other object) reflects more than an empty or insulated space. The electronics see the change in density/reflectivity as you pass the device over the surface.
you dont have to use the entire length of the towel rack,you can just cut it off to suit the stud spacing,found video to be pretty useless,most times you wont encounter the examples used,how about showing a real life solution
+gasmanrm you can cut the towel bar and I thought about recommending that. The purpose of the video was to give a variety of different tips. Maybe you should make a video showing how to cut the towel bar 👍