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How to Install a Toilet Tissue Holder
Simple Instructions for Installing a Toilet
Tissue Holder
By: Mark J. Donovan
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When remodeling a bathroom, it is
fairly common to want to include installing a new toilet tissue holder.
Installing a toilet tissue holder is easy to do, however there are a few things
to watch out for. First, you want to ensure proper spacing between the two
toilet tissue side mount backplate covers. If the spacing is too wide, the
toilet tissue rod won’t be able to stay locked in between the two side mount
backplate covers. If the spacing is too narrow, you won’t be able to fit the
toilet tissue role in between the side mount backplate covers, even if you can
compress the toilet tissue rod.
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Also, it is important to make sure
the toilet tissue side mount backplate covers are level with each other, so that
the toilet tissue roll doesn’t look like it’s on a slant.
It is not imperative that the toilet tissue side mount backplate covers be
fastened into a wall stud, though it’s always preferred for at least one of the
sides of the toilet tissue holder.
To install a toilet tissue holder, start by marking a location for it on the
bathroom wall or vanity approximately 24 inches off of the bathroom floor. This
mark will represent the center height of the toilet tissue holder.
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Next, most toilet tissue holders have a template for marking the specific
locations for mounting the side mount brackets. Position one side of this
template so that it is centered over the mark you made on the wall. On the other
side of the template, use your pencil to make another mark in the center of the
other template area opening. Make sure when doing this that the template is
level with the floor. You may want to hold a level over the top edge of the
template when making your marks.
Next center one of the toilet tissue side mount brackets over one of the pencil
marks, and mark two additional marks on the wall, where the screws will go
through the bracket.
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Repeat the process on the other side of the toilet tissue
holder.
Now, assuming you are not planning to mount the toilet tissue holder over a
wall stud, use a drill and a ¼” or 5/16” drill bit, and drill pilot holes
into the wall at the pencil mark locations targeted for the mounting bracket
screws.
Next, using a hammer, gently tap the plastic folded wall anchors, flush into
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Photo by Mark Donovan |
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Then fasten the mounting brackets to
the wall using the screws provided with the toilet tissue holder kit. Do not
over-tighten the screws into the plastic folded wall anchors.
If you are fastening the toilet tissue holder mounting bracket to a wall stud,
you can forgo drilling a pilot hole and using the folded wall hanger, and just
fasten the mounting bracket to the wall making sure the screws penetrate into
the wall stud.
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Photo by Mark Donovan |
Next, place the toilet tissue
backplate covers over the side mounting brackets, and snug them down to the
brackets by tightening the small set screws. A single set screw should be
located on the bottom side of each toilet tissue side backplate cover, and will
most likely require a small Allan wrench to tighten it.
Finally place the toilet tissue rod in between the two backplate covers and
you’re done.
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