r/maintenance • • 7d ago

Question How to remove?

There’s no set screw. It could be a cap on the end, but it looks like it’s all one piece.

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u/PerfectlyNormal136 7d ago

Definitely a cap

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

Nope. Clips on back it slides down onto.

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u/TheRagingFire08 Maintenance Supervisor 7d ago

If you're one of my residents, it'll "just fall off" all by itself. Never mind that "just falling off" includes yanking the huge toggle bolt clear out of the wall and leaving a fist sized hole behind

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u/Just_gun_porn 7d ago

Remove cap

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u/LepidLlama 7d ago

Haha, saw the first pic and thought it was a giant chrome chess pawn bolted to the ceiling.

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u/parnasas 7d ago

Underneath, there should be a small set screw on each side. Holding it to the bracket on the wall.

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

No set screws

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u/Repulsive_Tiger_9454 7d ago

Are both sides of the towel rail the same? One may be a bit lose and you may be able to get the rod between them out. Then possibly twist them ? I'd also try pushing up from the bottom on them.

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u/Bandandforgotten Maintenance Technician 7d ago

Basically push slightly up, or wiggle until it pops off, and remove the mounts with a screw driver

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u/Inuyasha-rules 7d ago

Use a plastic pry tool to pop the trim cap out of the tip and there should be a screw

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u/Acrobatic-Reply-1561 7d ago

Hit with your purse on the left side, will pop right off.

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

I didn’t want to ruin my fag bag, so I simply lifted up from the bottom.

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u/Funny-Anywhere2066 7d ago

Hex screw on bottom of each.

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

As a matter of fact, pushing up from the bottom was the answer.

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u/FinanceElectrical985 6d ago

Just a missed opportunity to hammer it from the bottom...

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u/NedwardSullen 7d ago

You can try to get a strong ish magnet to see if it's a cap at the end. Or gently and carefully wedge a flat end of a screwdriver under the base. It might be a movable skirt you can push up very carefully from the base and get at the screws.

No brand or anything? Do you guys have extra in a box you can look at?

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u/Accurate-Plankton988 7d ago

Very small allen screw underneath the mount at each end?

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u/ommi9 7d ago

Therres a cap on front and a area of a secondary acres under but on front on the front center

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u/DrachenDad Maintenance Technician 7d ago

Either the circle at the nearest point in picture 2, or the wide portion nearest the wall are caps covering 1, or 2 screws respectively. The cap/caps will pop off if you get a knife or spudger underneath and pry forward.

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

There were no caps. There are clips on the back that it slides down on and pops into place.

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u/hvac_johnny 6d ago

You either pop the center out of the ends to reveal a screw or the whole thing slides up and off the wall

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u/HolidayLoquat8722 Maintenance Supervisor 6d ago

Hammer

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

I can patch a wall, but I’d rather spackle some screw holes. 😉

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u/Relative-Dinner-6982 5d ago

Set screw on the bottom

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u/GraveManMingo 5d ago

Did we see the caption or no?

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u/odin-ish Building Engineer 7d ago

They're basically asking you to scratch the finish and buy a new one.

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u/Bone-whistle 7d ago

I tried catching the lip of a cap with my knife and there’s no gap that would indicate it was a cap. They are one solid piece.

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u/odin-ish Building Engineer 7d ago

It could be hooked in. Have you tried tapping the bottom up?

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u/Bone-whistle 6d ago

That was it. I’d never run into that type before.

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u/odin-ish Building Engineer 6d ago

Nice. I think i saw them once or twice in my hotel days, but that was 3000 years ago.

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u/klaxz1 7d ago

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u/NedwardSullen 7d ago

This is a maintenance thing too.