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Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Attaching a Shower Rod to Tile Walls
Adapted From: Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies

The biggest challenge to installing a shower door track, towel bar, or curtain rod in a bathroom with ceramic tile is making a hole in the tile without cracking it. If you have a masonry bit and a roll of masking tape, however, the job is easy.

  1. Place the bracket in position and mark its general area on the tile.

  2. Apply a couple of strips of masking tape over the area.

  3. Position the bracket exactly where you want it, and mark the location of the mounting screws on the masking tape with a felt pen.

  4. Drill through the tape.

  5. The masking tape keeps the drill from moving off the mark until the bit starts to penetrate the tile.


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