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Toilet Paper Holder Quick Fix

  
  
  

toilet paper holderSooner or later, your toilet paper holder will become loose. It is an easy fix if you have the right tools.

A toilet paper holder is basically two metal arms that attach to the wall via some metal brackets. The metal brackets attach to the wall and the toilet paper holder arms secure under a lip on each bracket with a tiny setscrew. Either the setscrew has become loose at the bracket, or the bracket has become loose at the wall.

Start with the easy stuff first. Use a tiny standard screwdriver and give the setscrew a few turns. If this tightens everything up, you are done. If the setscrew becomes tight or is already tight, you will need to unscrew it and remove the arm because the bracket is loose at the wall.

This is very common because the brackets rarely seem to go into a wall stud, combined with the fact that the toilet paper holders take a lot of abuse. Use a larger wall anchor and screw and secure the bracket back into the wall. For a lot of holding power, use an EZ anchor. These have very large threads that give superior holding strength in the wall.

Once the anchor is in, screw the bracket to the anchor and finally the setscrew under the bracket.

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Another common problem that causes the toilet paper holder to become loose is because the fixtures are fitted into crumbly walls. Sometimes the solutions provided in the article is not always appropiate. In this case you may need to secure a wall plug into the wall with a WETNFIX™ pad,which takes just 3 minutes to set. It is a simmple, fast and cost effective solution for a very common problem.
Posted @ Sunday, January 16, 2011 5:07 AM by Maria Abreu
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