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Desperate help needed!!! Please tell me how I can repair a ripped out towel bar

Desperate help needed!!! Please tell me how I can repair a ripped out towel bar


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Old 04-01-14, 10:39 AM
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Desperate help needed!!! Please tell me how I can repair a ripped out towel bar

Hi everyone,

I'm in desperate need of assistance.
I'm a tenant living in a rented apartment and one end of the towel bar just fell out of its socket!!!
Can anyone tell me how, if possible, I can fix it myself without telling my landlord?
Or in the worst case scenario that I have to call someone, can you tell me who I should call?
I'm sorry but I'm new to all of this so I don't even know who to call to come fix it if I can't fix it myself.
You are supposed to call an electrician for electrical stuff and a plumber for your plumbing but who should you call for something like this?
Any help would be truly appreciated.
If it is possible to fix it myself, could you help by giving me detailed instructions on how to do so including any materials I might need to buy. I've attached pictures since I don't know how to describe it like what screws it uses and such.
 
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Old 04-01-14, 10:48 AM
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It didn't fallout of it's socket...it's broken. Your side shot of the chrome leg and of the mounting plate clearly shows a broken casting.

It needs replacement. Unless you can find an exact match, which would be a simple repair, they need to be told so they can get the maintenance man to replace it.
 
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Old 04-01-14, 02:02 PM
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Call the landlord. I know you don't want to but you might not even get charged for this if the landlord suspects the previous tenants may have been the cause - happened with us a few times.
 
 

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