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How to fix towel rail wall mount?

bernalee
Growing in Experience

How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Hi all,

 

My wall mount of towel rail is broken. Any glue recommendation for a metal to metal glue to fix this?

 

Thanks

 

Ben

 

 

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Nailbag
Amassing an Audience

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

hey its all about getting the issue sorted anyway it can. All the best @Noyade 

Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Cheers @Nailbag 

I'll give it a go and provide updates when the fittings arrive in the mail. 👍

Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

G'day Bernard. @bernalee 

 

I received the fittings at midday today and I gotta admit - they're a lot smaller than I thought. And alas, they are all cast aluminium alloy. The protruding lug is hollow and there is not the recessed area at the back as I previously thought. They are also 10mm diameter.

 

So I changed tack again. I drilled the fractured hole out 8.5 mm as there is a generous 6 mm of thickness to play with. Found a piece of chrome 10mm diameter steel rod and cut a 10 X 1.5 thread one end. Cut to length and drilled out a grub screw position.

 

Now my question is, I was going to secure it with a thread glue - but being different metals, should I?

 

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bernalee
Growing in Experience

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Hi @Noyade 

 

Thanks for your efforts and update.

 

Although they are different metals, I agree they should be secured by thread glue. 

Cheers

Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

OK @bernalee 

 

Glued it is, and I'm baking it. Once cooled, I will package it up and head to the Post Office later this afternoon.

Cheers!

bernalee
Growing in Experience

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Thank you so much @Noyade !

EricL
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Hi @Noyade 

 

Beautiful repair work as usual! I'm sure @bernalee will be thrilled with the repaired parts.

 

Eric

 

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Nailbag
Amassing an Audience

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Awesome work, there's a side business in making those @Noyade 

 

Nailbag

bernalee
Growing in Experience

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Morning @Noyade ,

 

I received the repaired mount today. It works perfectly well. Thank you so much for your kind help and professional work!😄

 

Best

Bernalee

 

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JacobZ
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: How to fix towel rail wall mount?

Hi @bernalee,

 

That's brilliant.

 

I'm so happy to see you and @Noyade managed to collaborate on a solution.

 

It looks like an extremely sturdy repair that will last for years to come.

 

Thank you for sharing the end result.

 

Jacob

 

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