Bath Accessories 24" White Ceramic Towel Bar - Not for Flat Surface Installation

I live in a house that was built in the 1950s so I have an old style bathroom with lots of tile in it. Someone decided to use the towel bar that was over the bathtub as a pull bar. It is a towel bar, not a pull bar, so you can imagine what happened next! They pulled it out of the wall, tile and all. I had a terrible time finding this style and I didn't want a modern bar in a vintage bathroom. This was the ONLY place I could find this bar. The price - I feel - was a very good price. Installing it was another issue, but it has nothing to do with the quality of the towel bar. To install this, I had to remove tile that was grouted around where the towel bar was to be installed. It was not installed on top of tile but installed and the tile was cut around the bar. I had to carefully remove the tile - without damaging it - in order to properly install the bar, and after it was set in place, then had to grout and put the tile back in place. First time I've ever had to do something like this, so for me, it was a bit difficult. The bar looks as good as the original. There is no difference. It's absolutely perfect for the vintage appeal to my bathroom. So glad I found it. Definitely worth the work to replace. And the price was surprisingly good, considering I couldn't find this bar anywhere else.

Disliked cheap plastic towel bar.

Perfect replacement for our broken rack. Could not find this type of replacement at the big box stores.

To provide accuracy in the placement through dry wall or other wall material, make a pattern that reproduces the protrusion on the rear of the two bar holders. Transfer these patterns with a level to the wall. I used a 1" wood backing glued and screwed to the inside of the cut hole to provide an area for Mastic to be applied (where there were no studs present). I also secured 1/2" x !/2" fencing to the backing to provide a knitting surface to the applied mastic (on both towel holder and wall backing). They are very secure after 24 hours.

Clashes with my white tile.

This item, which used to available everywhere, was impossible to find in Home Depot, Lowes, or tile stores, so it was nice to find it at Amazon. Looks great and was exactly what I needed for inside the shower.

Worked!!!

The end pieces are good, but the towel bar is hollow plastic. I purchased a new one from a local supplier just for the bar.hollow plastic will sag over time. Threw the one included into the trash.