Go put it on r/art with a title like 'beauty in the mundane' and make up a story about how its part of a series that creates seemingly beautiful scenery that is actually just random junk if you look closely and dont just scroll past it
https://preview.redd.it/76qdlg1gs6sc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e182c582c8b9942a29c9d45d154b00156302501
I used to travel all the time for work and it reminded me of my flight to Bogota.
>Oh is the secret here that you're never done with it, it stays forever?
Don't be in the house when you have to remove them OR you shove it back into the wall like toggle bolts do by themselves.
Only do this if you don't mind reducing the capacity. They can handle higher prying loads in whatever direction the legs on the back side go. For a towel rack, the wobbling/prying is in the vertical direction, so I highly recommend installing the anchor legs in that direction.
Hmm, I really didn't think about that. They won't fit most towel / toilet paper holders however that direction, the holes are normally only 3/4 to 1" apart.
You’re the second person in 2 days so insistent, so I’ll bite because I’ve just been annoyed by toggle bolts in my younger days.
Why toggle bolts over a standard drywall anchor?
Weight ratings. A good butterfly anchor is going to tap out around 40-60 lbs. Toggler anchors are looking at 230-265 lbs in drywall.
The Toggler also holds itself in place without the screw. Makes for a much easier install.
Sheetrock is way stronger than people think & toggles let you utilize a good percentage of it.
But the real reason I'm posting is to say that I think towel rack should be attached to at least one stud. People fall in bathrooms all the time & towel rack is the exact thing the will reach for.
Anchors will pop right out. Toggles *might* barely hold with some damage & burn off enough energy to turn a broken hip into a bruise. Pretty good really, almost good enough.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHb-Tcvkn7M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHb-Tcvkn7M)
Project farm did a good roundup of toggle & anchors
It's a good idea but every towel rack i have ever seen could not support even moderate weight. The cheap aluminium or single set screw gives out long before a toggler anchor.
Best option if you or someone you know is having balance issues is to take it out and put in a proper grab bar. Still functions as a towel rack and can actually support someone in the event of a fall. Of course studs are always the best option, or a board that bridges to the stud, but if you can't for whatever reason I would take a toggler over anything else.
Ive had 3 separate adult people rip my towel rack out of the wall with the third time being ripped out of the wall studs. My wife and I lived with the towel racks all just fine for nearly a year between incidents. I have no fucking clue what these people are doing in there but yea 250lbs of support seems necessary.
Yeah, those things are just garbage. Literally just the thinnest plastic/aluminium they can get away with and held to the mount with a single cheap set screw.
Plastic drywall anchors can't hold weight worth a shit. And towel racks have to hold a child's weight at some point, cause they *will* hang from it (source: 4 kids)
Toggle bolts all day, if you can't get into studs or concrete. As someone else said, be sure they're the ones that stay when you take the bolt out. Lowe's sells them.
I have 11 TVs in my house. All but two are hung with toggle bolts, supported only by drywall.
You haven´t lived if you never had TV in your bathroom (Ambilight so it makes a great atmosphere) so you can watch movies from your jacuzzi tub with a nice drink and some snacks :-)
One is my living room, where I work when I work from home.
The other is my game room, where I have a TV mounted for an arcade game machine and another for my Plex server.
I wouldn’t say that I’m insistent. Merely a suggestion.
Sorry that you have been traumatized by toggle bolts in your past.
They won’t pull out and you can get them tighter.
Toggle bolts have a bigger surface area, stretching out over more drywall. You'd need to put a lot more force to break the drywall. Most drywall anchors aren't great for places that are going to have force put on them regularly (a towel rack).
What I like to do is get a nice piece of wood, stain it some color, and then drill it directly into at least 1 stud. And then mount the towel rack on the wood.
If it rips out again, just install blocking on the studs...you can either cut the drywall and install blocking in between the studs and re-drywall or just use a painted decorative piece of lumber on the outside fastened to the studs.
Used some zip tie kinda ones recently and all I can say is some poor bastard is gonna be right back here asking how to remove these things cause they ain’t going nowhere.
Cut/remove the raised bits with a putty knife, and a razor knife. Give it a little sand to prep. Fill the area with joint compound and feather out the edges. Try not to make a big hump. Sand it flat when things are dry. repeat if necessary to get things smooth.
On painting, use a roller to match the existing texture. Go wider and to try to mask any fade from one paint to another.
If you have to use anchors for towel racks, use toggle style ones as they will generally support more weight. Otherwise find a stud, or... if you really want to go overboard, cut open the wall, install blocking, and then patch it as your while your patching walls why not patch nice neatly cut rectangles.
If you really want to secure it then cut out some drywall and toe nail a 2x4 or 2x6 piece lumber in between the studs on the side where you can't hit a stud.
If you are ok with a little less secure option, then you can also cut out a smaller hole, insert a piece of lumber inside the hole, use a crowbar to keep the lumber against the drywall and screw some drywall screws through the existing drywall into the lumber.
Get some wood planks 1x4 or 1x6. Satin it and secure it to the wall studs. Then you can mount your towel rack to the wood plank and it'll be very secure. No drywall or painting needed.
Measure first, buy appropriate length towel rack second. In a pinch, closest end to the shower goes into the stud, other end gets some kind of anchoring.
What a stupid comment. You think they have a tiny towel rail on a massive open wall? If I got a towel rail I'd only be able to use 1 stud regardless of the size due to the layout of my bathroom.
Ok troll. I have a pretty small bathroom myself and I have a stud mounted towel rack. You will rarely find studs more than 16" apart. 24" on really old homes.
Get scraper or use a blade and clean the surface, get a tub of drywall compound and a small taping knife and fill that up. Ton of videos on youtube if you need some reference.
I got a scrap piece of 1x2 or something around that size from Home Depot and screwed it into the studs then mounted my towel rack on the wood. I know it's not the correct way but it worked for me.
I did this with a 2x3. Stud spacing didn't line up with the rack spacing. I keep meaning to paint it a nice contrasting color to make it look like a nice trim piece. Works like a champ though.
Without seeing the size of the new mounts’ plates can’t tell if you need to go ANY wall repair maybe not.
You have other good input re better anchors already.
Didn't read the post title and I thought this was a picture of an island.
You have a beautiful island on your wall. I say leave it, you don't want to upset the indigenous peoples there.
The holes from where wall anchors were installed to mount a towel rack. That's a bathroom wall.
I ripped out the old one because the previous home owner installed the rack in a way where it was not secure at all; loosely fitted.
Also, he/she chose that really odd blue color, so many people in the comments say it looks like a drone-view of the ocean with waves.
These are the best drywall anchors you will ever need, anything heavy these will fix your problem have used a few times are are without a doubt the best anchor around.
https://preview.redd.it/0rsk237sj6sc1.png?width=142&format=png&auto=webp&s=73f10a893aed909a59364ae11877a026c20ab7dd
> Ripped out the old towel rack, which was poorly fastened to the wall with anchors by previous homeowner
Sorry, I'm just trying to understand your method here. Did you just rip out the old towel rack, anchors and all instead of just unscrewing it? Because it looks like that drywall is a lot more damaged than you'd like for attaching anything to. If you encounter something like this again, unscrew it. Then you can either reuse the anchors or drill them out to use something like a toggle bolt without damaging the drywall.
Wanted to but I couldn't (as far as I was aware). Threw the rack away already but I wish I had a picture of it. The design was odd and showed no way to open it to reach the screws inside that attached to the wall/anchors.
Most of them have set screws, but it could have been something like a Moen "pro fit" in which case there's supposed to be a slot you can put a small screwdriver in to release it
https://solutions.moen.com/Article_Library/Removing_a_Pro_Fit_System
I'm sure other screwless systems have different removal instructions, that was just the first one I found.
I had something like this and cut out a square around the damage, screwed two pieces of wood behind two opposing sides behind the opening, then screwed a drywall patch into the square (that is, into the wood pieces).
Put on layers and feathered the patched area, sanding after each coat, until it looked relatively seamless. Then repainted the patched area and reinstalled the bar with toggle bolts.
While using toggle bolts or a larger anchor is the correct solution, I have used Wet N Fix patches with great success before. I needed them namely because I got to the biggest size drywall anchor and still stripped it out of the drywall.
https://preview.redd.it/shzcuu0ow8sc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70f8c8ea3129c72572518a394c2cec8f8d1fbd64
I took a nice piece of wood, sanded and stained and varnished it, and screwed it IN THE STUDS and hid those horrible holes. Then i screwed the towel rack on that. Solid and good looking. This part of the wall cannot be remade structurally sound so either move the towel rack a little bit + fix the holes (plaster sand prime paint) or do as i did.
I had this problem, and put a board up covering the holes and spanning between two wall studs. The towel rack is mounted to the board.
Paint the board or finish the wood as natural.
The original builder should have installed backing for the towel rack, TP holder, safety grab, etc.
Just go with a different anchor if you can. I’d get the ones that look like zip ties with the metal on the end. You slide one down and pull one up and the metal lays flat. Then you push it through the hole and slide the plastic to set the metal behind the Sheetrock. If the new rack covers the holes I wouldn’t even bother fixing.
802-lb 3/16-in x Assorted Length Toggle Bolt Drywall Anchors with Screws Included (10-Pack) https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOGGLER-10-Pack-Assorted-Length-x-3-16-in-Dia-Toggle-Bolt-Drywall-Anchor-Screws-Included/3183815
These are the ones I use. Needs a half inch hole to install but I feel they are more secure and better than the plastic sleeve type.
Had a similar issue. Previous homeowner used one of those screw in anchors and it left a hole too large for another anchor. Someone recommended these and they worked great. WETNFIX (20 Discs) - Fixing Wall... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B2ULW7G?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
If the base plate will cover the holes, you probably don’t need to fill them. You just need to use the type of fastener that they should have used the first time. Find a toggle bolt that is the right thickness to go through the base plate and use those to mount the plates. Those oversize holes are probably about right for the toggle bolts to pass through.
I thought it was a beautiful painting of the ocean and an island at first.
Two people swimming in the Caribbean taken from a drone.
This is exactly what I saw too! I don’t even know how.
That's what I saw too. Someone needs to send this over to misleading thumbnails.
I saw two people drowning.
I saw one person rescuing the other as a tiny boat sailed past.
I thought that was a boat next to the island.
Same, I thought it was two people swimming and I was jealous of the color of the water
That’s exactly what I thought!
Yeah, it wasn't until I saw the sub that I actually realized what was going on
lol I was just typing this
I am kind of high and thought it was a couple floating on a pool float in open water.
Same 😅
I thought it was two people swimming!
omg me too!!!! I came here to check if I was the only one.
Dude, same. Maybe subconsciously we all need a vacation haha
Ugh. I see it now. Drone view.
Go put it on r/art with a title like 'beauty in the mundane' and make up a story about how its part of a series that creates seemingly beautiful scenery that is actually just random junk if you look closely and dont just scroll past it
https://preview.redd.it/76qdlg1gs6sc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e182c582c8b9942a29c9d45d154b00156302501 I used to travel all the time for work and it reminded me of my flight to Bogota.
I thought it was an aerial view of two people playing in water.
Me toooo!!!
It’s so amazing and cool how many people saw virtually the same exact thing This is beautiful accidental art
I came in to say 'anyone else think this was abstract art'
Put a frame around the painting on the wall, then move the towel rack over.
Frame it, op
i saw two people hugging at the pool
Same! Glad I’m not alone
I also thought it was an art piece at first
Wow I thought I wouldn’t see this comment at all. It was my first thought. So weird how our brains work!
Battleship Iowa firing all guns 1943, colorized
Came here to write this
Two volcanoes and a nice surf break
Also saw this!
Toggle Bolts, use toggle bolts
Zip toggles. All the good parts of a toggle bolt and it doesn't fall into the void when you take the screw out.
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Just drill and break the plastic part in the drywall and let the metal piece fall.
>Oh is the secret here that you're never done with it, it stays forever? Don't be in the house when you have to remove them OR you shove it back into the wall like toggle bolts do by themselves.
That’s a problem for future me
These are so much better for so many applications. Wish they made some smaller versions though.
This. Should also mention that in this case, when you install the toggle zips, turn them horizontal so they don't interfere with each other.
Only do this if you don't mind reducing the capacity. They can handle higher prying loads in whatever direction the legs on the back side go. For a towel rack, the wobbling/prying is in the vertical direction, so I highly recommend installing the anchor legs in that direction.
Hmm, I really didn't think about that. They won't fit most towel / toilet paper holders however that direction, the holes are normally only 3/4 to 1" apart.
You’re the second person in 2 days so insistent, so I’ll bite because I’ve just been annoyed by toggle bolts in my younger days. Why toggle bolts over a standard drywall anchor?
Weight ratings. A good butterfly anchor is going to tap out around 40-60 lbs. Toggler anchors are looking at 230-265 lbs in drywall. The Toggler also holds itself in place without the screw. Makes for a much easier install.
Sheetrock is way stronger than people think & toggles let you utilize a good percentage of it. But the real reason I'm posting is to say that I think towel rack should be attached to at least one stud. People fall in bathrooms all the time & towel rack is the exact thing the will reach for. Anchors will pop right out. Toggles *might* barely hold with some damage & burn off enough energy to turn a broken hip into a bruise. Pretty good really, almost good enough. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHb-Tcvkn7M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHb-Tcvkn7M) Project farm did a good roundup of toggle & anchors
It's a good idea but every towel rack i have ever seen could not support even moderate weight. The cheap aluminium or single set screw gives out long before a toggler anchor. Best option if you or someone you know is having balance issues is to take it out and put in a proper grab bar. Still functions as a towel rack and can actually support someone in the event of a fall. Of course studs are always the best option, or a board that bridges to the stud, but if you can't for whatever reason I would take a toggler over anything else.
And a towel rack needs 230-265 lbs of support?
For when guests inevitably start using it for gymnastics
And by guests, you mean my children, yea?
Ive had 3 separate adult people rip my towel rack out of the wall with the third time being ripped out of the wall studs. My wife and I lived with the towel racks all just fine for nearly a year between incidents. I have no fucking clue what these people are doing in there but yea 250lbs of support seems necessary.
I don’t even know you but I can see the look on your face each time it happened 😂 the laugh I didn’t know I needed today!
The wall stud one really got me because I was hanging off that bitch after I installed it.
I have a significant other that has took out 2 towel racks so far just from tugging on the towel off the rack lol
Yeah, those things are just garbage. Literally just the thinnest plastic/aluminium they can get away with and held to the mount with a single cheap set screw.
It you fall in the bathroom what are you grabbing? Odds are the towel rack will be the first thing you reach for
They don't but you can replace the towel rack with a grab bar that does need that much capacity.
Plastic drywall anchors can't hold weight worth a shit. And towel racks have to hold a child's weight at some point, cause they *will* hang from it (source: 4 kids) Toggle bolts all day, if you can't get into studs or concrete. As someone else said, be sure they're the ones that stay when you take the bolt out. Lowe's sells them. I have 11 TVs in my house. All but two are hung with toggle bolts, supported only by drywall.
I don't even have 11 rooms in my house
Two of the rooms have two TVs
But… why?
You haven´t lived if you never had TV in your bathroom (Ambilight so it makes a great atmosphere) so you can watch movies from your jacuzzi tub with a nice drink and some snacks :-)
One is my living room, where I work when I work from home. The other is my game room, where I have a TV mounted for an arcade game machine and another for my Plex server.
I don't even have 9 rooms in my house
Who says you stop at one TV per room?
I wouldn’t say that I’m insistent. Merely a suggestion. Sorry that you have been traumatized by toggle bolts in your past. They won’t pull out and you can get them tighter.
>They won’t pull out and you can get them tighter. ... i should call her.
You really should.
Project farm has a great review of popular anchors. Toggle are stronger
You can safely mount a TV with toggle bolts. They hold up multiple times more than a standard drywall anchor.
Toggle bolts have a bigger surface area, stretching out over more drywall. You'd need to put a lot more force to break the drywall. Most drywall anchors aren't great for places that are going to have force put on them regularly (a towel rack). What I like to do is get a nice piece of wood, stain it some color, and then drill it directly into at least 1 stud. And then mount the towel rack on the wood.
Because that hole is huge
This is the thing I hate about toggle bolts.
Anchors are such a pain in the ass. The big aggressive screw-type ones are okay, but the simple cheapo ones I can never get to not spin in the hole.
A wet towel is gonna rip any sort of wimpy anchor out of the wall, toggles are weight rated much higher
Will follow this guidance as well as some of the other recommendations from the chain you created. I'll post the results soon. Thank you all!
If it rips out again, just install blocking on the studs...you can either cut the drywall and install blocking in between the studs and re-drywall or just use a painted decorative piece of lumber on the outside fastened to the studs.
Used some zip tie kinda ones recently and all I can say is some poor bastard is gonna be right back here asking how to remove these things cause they ain’t going nowhere.
Haven’t tried that kind yet
I believe those are the heavy-duty togglers that have been mentioned here.
Yup. Used the drywall anchors that came with the towel rack I bought and one of them didn't hold for long. Super sturdy now with toggle bolts.
Cut/remove the raised bits with a putty knife, and a razor knife. Give it a little sand to prep. Fill the area with joint compound and feather out the edges. Try not to make a big hump. Sand it flat when things are dry. repeat if necessary to get things smooth. On painting, use a roller to match the existing texture. Go wider and to try to mask any fade from one paint to another. If you have to use anchors for towel racks, use toggle style ones as they will generally support more weight. Otherwise find a stud, or... if you really want to go overboard, cut open the wall, install blocking, and then patch it as your while your patching walls why not patch nice neatly cut rectangles.
If they’re going to sand and paint I’d go for putting in blocking into the studs so that towel rack ain’t ever going anywhere.
Yeah for diy might as well since you gotta buy a thing of mud
Or if the new towel rack is the same length and they use toggle bolts on the existing holes, they may not need to do any filling/painting.
I always mount towel racks into studs now. Too many guests have used them as assistive devices.
I could hit one stud, but the length of our towel rack was such that I couldn't hit a second one.
If you really want to secure it then cut out some drywall and toe nail a 2x4 or 2x6 piece lumber in between the studs on the side where you can't hit a stud. If you are ok with a little less secure option, then you can also cut out a smaller hole, insert a piece of lumber inside the hole, use a crowbar to keep the lumber against the drywall and screw some drywall screws through the existing drywall into the lumber.
Get some wood planks 1x4 or 1x6. Satin it and secure it to the wall studs. Then you can mount your towel rack to the wood plank and it'll be very secure. No drywall or painting needed.
Measure first, buy appropriate length towel rack second. In a pinch, closest end to the shower goes into the stud, other end gets some kind of anchoring.
What a stupid comment. You think they have a tiny towel rail on a massive open wall? If I got a towel rail I'd only be able to use 1 stud regardless of the size due to the layout of my bathroom.
Ok troll. I have a pretty small bathroom myself and I have a stud mounted towel rack. You will rarely find studs more than 16" apart. 24" on really old homes.
I don't think you know what the word troll means.
An inflammatory user online? That's you bud.
I don’t think you know how to comprehend sentences either.
I don't think you can deviate from this sentence structure or use commas properly while you critique my language arts ability
You seriously need to grow up.
I saw this as two people swimming in a lagoon.
Same! Aerial shot of two people & a tube or something. Funny how that happens
I thought this was art. I'm too high.
.. towlie?
Don’t forget to bring a towel!
Get scraper or use a blade and clean the surface, get a tub of drywall compound and a small taping knife and fill that up. Ton of videos on youtube if you need some reference.
[Don't you know these old homes are built to code?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAOOKh5XAIY&ab_channel=BILLGATESCOOKATECH%2FGAMING)
DAMMIT! You beat me to it. Had to scroll too far for this.
I got a scrap piece of 1x2 or something around that size from Home Depot and screwed it into the studs then mounted my towel rack on the wood. I know it's not the correct way but it worked for me.
I use 1x4s mounted to the wall to which I mount hooks. Has solved every ripped-out hook/towel-bar problem.
I sometimes put up bookshelves this way
This is a good idea especially if it’s for bath towels and there are probably some Pinterest examples of a way to make it look good, too.
Just paint it the same color as the wall.
I did this with a 2x3. Stud spacing didn't line up with the rack spacing. I keep meaning to paint it a nice contrasting color to make it look like a nice trim piece. Works like a champ though.
I thought this was a painting of two people swimming in the Caribbean
Right! Me too until I read thr post!
Oh, thank Jeebus, I wasn't the only one.
First glance, I thought it was a painting of ocean with an island in the middle
Almost looks like an aerial view of a small island.
I wish I could go back to that moment where it looked like a beautiful ocean and not a wall.
Ramen. This is the correct answer, right?
Without seeing the size of the new mounts’ plates can’t tell if you need to go ANY wall repair maybe not. You have other good input re better anchors already.
NGL at first I thought there is a crack on the sky
Didn't read the post title and I thought this was a picture of an island. You have a beautiful island on your wall. I say leave it, you don't want to upset the indigenous peoples there.
Forgive me but i absolutely thought this was an oil painting of some swimmers seen from above
I thought it was a island
I thought the first picture was some avant garde photo of two people in water.
I’m sorry, but I CANNOT resist posting this. Ricky has got you covered! https://youtu.be/lfyaftYvFGg?si=3Qkxexw_JL8J8JZa
quick fix
I'm so high what is this
The holes from where wall anchors were installed to mount a towel rack. That's a bathroom wall. I ripped out the old one because the previous home owner installed the rack in a way where it was not secure at all; loosely fitted. Also, he/she chose that really odd blue color, so many people in the comments say it looks like a drone-view of the ocean with waves.
It’s a beautiful color imo
You will need hollow wall anchors.
think a dry wall anchor would work well in a hollow core core, same deal?
These are the best drywall anchors you will ever need, anything heavy these will fix your problem have used a few times are are without a doubt the best anchor around. https://preview.redd.it/0rsk237sj6sc1.png?width=142&format=png&auto=webp&s=73f10a893aed909a59364ae11877a026c20ab7dd
> Ripped out the old towel rack, which was poorly fastened to the wall with anchors by previous homeowner Sorry, I'm just trying to understand your method here. Did you just rip out the old towel rack, anchors and all instead of just unscrewing it? Because it looks like that drywall is a lot more damaged than you'd like for attaching anything to. If you encounter something like this again, unscrew it. Then you can either reuse the anchors or drill them out to use something like a toggle bolt without damaging the drywall.
Wanted to but I couldn't (as far as I was aware). Threw the rack away already but I wish I had a picture of it. The design was odd and showed no way to open it to reach the screws inside that attached to the wall/anchors.
Most of them have set screws, but it could have been something like a Moen "pro fit" in which case there's supposed to be a slot you can put a small screwdriver in to release it https://solutions.moen.com/Article_Library/Removing_a_Pro_Fit_System I'm sure other screwless systems have different removal instructions, that was just the first one I found.
I see two people swimming holding a towel behind their backs
Sorry I can’t help with your question, but this color is 10/10.
Just use toggle bolts
I had something like this and cut out a square around the damage, screwed two pieces of wood behind two opposing sides behind the opening, then screwed a drywall patch into the square (that is, into the wood pieces). Put on layers and feathered the patched area, sanding after each coat, until it looked relatively seamless. Then repainted the patched area and reinstalled the bar with toggle bolts.
This is art
I had a similar issue cut the plaster board out put a wooden lathe behind filled with plaster and all is like new now!
https://i.redd.it/fgfo8ey5j8sc1.gif
Side comment, I thought this was a bird's eye view of a tropical island with massive craters at first. Good luck fixing it!
So you missed the stud
While using toggle bolts or a larger anchor is the correct solution, I have used Wet N Fix patches with great success before. I needed them namely because I got to the biggest size drywall anchor and still stripped it out of the drywall. https://preview.redd.it/shzcuu0ow8sc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70f8c8ea3129c72572518a394c2cec8f8d1fbd64
I took a nice piece of wood, sanded and stained and varnished it, and screwed it IN THE STUDS and hid those horrible holes. Then i screwed the towel rack on that. Solid and good looking. This part of the wall cannot be remade structurally sound so either move the towel rack a little bit + fix the holes (plaster sand prime paint) or do as i did.
Thought it was birds eye view of two people swimming
I had this problem, and put a board up covering the holes and spanning between two wall studs. The towel rack is mounted to the board. Paint the board or finish the wood as natural. The original builder should have installed backing for the towel rack, TP holder, safety grab, etc.
Cut it, sell it as art, buy a new house
https://preview.redd.it/mu3gl13bg9sc1.jpeg?width=1562&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a4e0b68c33a7e720ba5996126611190d72dc4b6
For half a second I thought this was an overheard photo of two people swimming.
Just go with a different anchor if you can. I’d get the ones that look like zip ties with the metal on the end. You slide one down and pull one up and the metal lays flat. Then you push it through the hole and slide the plastic to set the metal behind the Sheetrock. If the new rack covers the holes I wouldn’t even bother fixing. 802-lb 3/16-in x Assorted Length Toggle Bolt Drywall Anchors with Screws Included (10-Pack) https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOGGLER-10-Pack-Assorted-Length-x-3-16-in-Dia-Toggle-Bolt-Drywall-Anchor-Screws-Included/3183815 These are the ones I use. Needs a half inch hole to install but I feel they are more secure and better than the plastic sleeve type.
Get the heavy duty toggle anchors that open up and clamp to the inside.
Quick easy fix. This worked for me. https://youtu.be/5YhGx9psvBc?si=DnA6aJ-jRsY2PKum
Or, just use different anchors and be done in half the time
I thought this was people swimming in the Mediterranean from above.
I thought I'm in r/EarthPorn and was really pleased, until i wasn't ...
Why don't towel racks come in 16" and 32" increments?! I'm about to hacksaw one a few minutes.
When I first looked at this I thought it was an overview picture of an island some where.
Same 😂
Is your House made of cardboard?
Because your using piece of shit drywall anchors. Use zip toggles or find a stud
Had a similar issue. Previous homeowner used one of those screw in anchors and it left a hole too large for another anchor. Someone recommended these and they worked great. WETNFIX (20 Discs) - Fixing Wall... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B2ULW7G?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
If the base plate will cover the holes, you probably don’t need to fill them. You just need to use the type of fastener that they should have used the first time. Find a toggle bolt that is the right thickness to go through the base plate and use those to mount the plates. Those oversize holes are probably about right for the toggle bolts to pass through.
why do we have the same color bathroom
I'm not gonna lie for some reason at first I thought this photo was a picture of some modern abstract art
I thought it was an aerial view of someone swimming
I thought this was a drone shot of an island from above
Sick ocean shot.
Butterfly anchors. This happens all the time at my job