Here is the process for how to hang a towel bar on drywall or tile. The post How to Install a Bathroom Towel Bar appeared first on Family Handyman.

Towel bars are normally mounted between 36 inches and 42 inches from the floor. I feel 36 inches is too low since bath sheet towels are longer than standard bath towels.

The height of the opening should be about 6 inches above the towel bar location. Finish the edges of the wall opening with drywall and corner bead, similarly to how a door opening is done.

Q: I moved into a house built in the 1930s, and I'm pretty sure the towel rack in the bathroom was painted with lead-based paint. The paint is chipped.

Just take the huge roll of garbage bags out of their box, slide them onto a paper towel bar, and you've got a space-saving, one-handed garbage bag dispenser.

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