How to fix towel rail wall mount?

bernalee

Hi all,

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

Thanks

Ben

Nailbag

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

Noyade

Cheers @Nailbag

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

Noyade

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?

bernalee

Hi @Noyade

Thanks for your efforts and update.

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

Cheers

Noyade

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

Thank you so much @Noyade !

EricL

Hi @Noyade

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

Eric

Nailbag

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

Nailbag

bernalee

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

JacobZ

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