Building Hardware Resource

If you want to hang your work towels out of the laundry room sink, to install a laundry room towel bar should be a good suggestion, which not only makes the area look neater and keeps the towels out of the sink, but also prevents the towels from staying wet and growing mold.

The side of the sink in the laundry room is a place that can be counted on to have enough space for installing a towel bar. This keeps towels just as convenient as they were before, while keeping them out of the water and letting air circulate around them. What’s more, you don’t have to drill into the wall or try to fit the towel bar next to large appliances.

To install a laundry room towel bar on a plastic sink, the material needed includes a drill, a file, a hacksaw, and a pencil or marking pen. You will also need to have a plastic sink, so you can drill into it. Make sure the towel bar you bought is one with a bar which you can cut to length, and which has simple mounting brackets. Then check the length of it against the sink. If it’s too long, cut it down to size with the hacksaw. Smooth the cut edge with the file. Then position the mounting brackets against the side of the sink. Use a pencil or making pen to mark where the holes are. Make sure to set it up so the holes will be in the thick part of the sink’s rim.

Now it’s time to drill the holes. The towel bar you bought probably came with screws, but if it didn’t, you can use 3/16ths-inch stainless machine screws. Use a screw length that will leave about 1/4-inch extra length sticking into the sink. To finish off the job of installing, put an acorn nut on the ends of each screw. 

Then, you’ve made it! The only thing left to add is your cute towels. They don’t have to molder in the sink anymore!