I Did It! Finally!

briellethefirst

Jan 8

A couple years ago my bathroom had a back up that lead to it being totally gutted and redone along with half the adjacent bathroom. It was an interesting year. I'd had this clothes hook on the front of the shower stall but now the tiles prevented that. The only place I could manage was between the door and the towel bar. I started but got called away mid job and then life happened and a new roommate who worked from home so the noise was problematic and, well, stuff. So I finally managed to clear space and time to do it!

I bought a masonry bit because the wall is an outside wall made of block. Yup, it's a 1959 house that they built of block and plastered the inside. Lovely plaster job, though. Once the workmen had done their framing and plumbing and boarding and tiling and painting and fixing in general I was able to figure out where to put the robe hook.

First thing was to get a masonry bit so I could drill into that wall. Got it. Did a bad job on the first hole and had to do it right. Then I got distracted for a bit over a year and a half before I could do the second correct hole.

Then I had to clean out the holes with a Q tip.

The deep end of the holes were narrower than the entry point so I sharpened the end of the dowel.

I cut the dowel a bit long with pruning shears

so I could hammer it in flush to the wall surface, wedging the wood into the holes.

To fill the holes and smoothe the surface I pulled some old Spackle out that just managed to work so fill the dents and holes.

Finally I put the hook up with the screws. I think the dowel works better than any plastic molly I could have bought and now I have the rest of the dowel to use for something else. The wood compressed beautifully into the hole and was soft enough to fill but not break the cement block. They took the screws well and the whole thing is quite solid.

It works fine and now I just have to find the leftover paint and touch up the scars. Sure, the jammies cover the dings for now but I don't expect that to take another few months as there are several other paint scrapes that need a touch up in there and things in general seem to finally be getting done around here. Now it's been a long day so I'll just post this so I can take a shower and use those nice new jammies. It'll be cold tonight!