towel rails and c**p brackets

[supermario]

As the subject suggests i'm hacked off with hopeless brackets that most manufacturers/importers provide with todays latest must have. for instance recently i had to use a window frame fixing to fix one particular sod to the wall - the supplied fixing wouldn't have held an empty shelf up! though this was partly down to poor construction (on a 2yr old 350k house- suprise suprise!). looking for quality brackets supplied from a decent manufacturer.

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Plumbing, dont you just love it.

 

[Paul Barker]

You mean the sliding plastic tubes. They work fine it's the walls which are at fault. House construction has been all down hill since 1880.

If youy aren't at liberty to plunge into the c r a p stud wall and put a well placed noggin in, then you have to have a whole armery of spring toggles, plasterboard screws, good old brown rawl plugs, frame fixings, just throw the lot at it and allow a morning's work.

 

[ChrisR]

I had trubble with them on a lath and plaster wall. The force on the lower edge of the wall bracket was such that it just pushed the wall in and the bracket folded downwards.
I found some escutcheon plates about 2 inch square, which I put underneath/behind the bracket. I had a choice of chrome or brass - chose the brass so they could be painted wall-colour.

 

[meldrew's_mate]

£400 + rail with 20p plastic brackets. It makes my blood boil.

Does anyone know maker that supplies proper chromed brass brackets?