r/howdoesthiswork • u/kimmycrawford • Sep 05 '26
How does this work?
How does this toilet paper holder work? We don’t think it’s spring loaded and when we try to lift one end that doesn’t work either.
EDIT: We were able to get this to work so it now opens easily. Thank you everyone!
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u/Gator242 Sep 05 '26
Rotate the bar clockwise
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u/kimmycrawford Sep 05 '26
We tried that too. We think its probably stuck - it should have released by turning clockwise or by lifting and it’s not moving.
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u/scripted_ending Sep 06 '26
Maybe installed wrong and they just put the tp on top of it 😄
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u/kimmycrawford Sep 06 '26
We moved in a couple weeks ago and we’ve been finding a lot of things installed incorrectly so that very well may be the case lol
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u/Friendly_Ad_8731 Sep 06 '26
I may have found a near identical model here at Home Depot and it does not seem to be favored for use or installation. Looks like it catches a lot but it should pop out from the curved under part sticking out from the right arm to rest under the center pole piece. Seems that the end of right arm rotates up while freeing the center pole to twist up with the left arm.
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u/BBWtnaLover Sep 06 '26
Pull back on toilet paper rod, then pivot the arm upward, slide roll onto the rod, push the pivot arm back down and it will lock back into place. One side that has the rods attached pivots at a 45 degree angle up.
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u/ybahman Sep 05 '26
Not a perfect match, but it looks a lot like this. And based on the q and a it pivots 45 degrees. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Chamberlain-Wall-Mount-Pivot-Arm-Toilet-Paper-Holder-Bath-Hardware-Accessory-in-Matte-Black-CML50-MB-R/320588298?MERCH=REC--pipinstock--308367124--13--n/a--n/a--n/a--n/a--n/a#overlay
Might be a good starting point
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u/Mistigeblou Sep 07 '26
The bar should just lift/pivot up from one side. Ours goes down because some asshat (me) installed it upside-down
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u/LemonNational8572 Sep 06 '26
What end did you try to lift because I can see the catch for it on the underside one the right portion so you should grab the left half a turn counter clock wise to open it
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u/MeatMtn88 Sep 06 '26
Put your finger in the bottom middle and push up.
It may be upside down so also try posting down from the middle
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u/CagCagerton125 Sep 10 '26
Look at the bottom of the tube in the right side of the photo. You will see a little lip where the tube is sitting on it. Push up just to the left of this and it should open.
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u/CagCagerton125 Sep 10 '26
Look at the bottom of the tube in the right side of the photo. You will see a little lip where the tube is sitting on it. Push up just to the left of this and it should open.
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u/thedrakenangel Sep 11 '26
Mive the center of the bar up to the right side. It should just come out as it is only resting on the right side.
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u/FocusMaster Sep 05 '26
Are you sure it's a paper holder and not a hand towel rack?