How to Fix and Fit a Toilet Roll Holder to a Drywall / Plasterboard Wall

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Over the years I've fitted literally hundreds of toilet roll holders - I've seen everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. In this video I'm showing you how to fix a wobbly toilet roll holder and also giving you some tips for buying a toilet roll holder that won't make your life even more stressful than it already is. If you're bored during the lockdown subscribe to my other channels to fill your life with joy:
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@dboyd462 4 года назад

That's what she said jokes are always appropriate and appreciated 👍

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Glad to be of service - I was on a roll.

@paultay23 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman ha ha

@jordancorey 4 года назад

Bog standard joke , lol

@steved8038 4 года назад

I never thought at the start of lock down that I would be sat in my kitchen , looking at toilet roll holders with a Geordie handyman ! ! Thank you that was informative and amusing as usual .

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

What better thing to do during the lockdown? 👍😆

@gwendavies7431 4 года назад

Me too! RU-vid is great, I've also learned how to, in theory, service a petrol lawnmower.

@maria.mobile017 3 года назад

@@gwendavies7431 giggle. Love that. "In theory" hahahha.

@loisdayment1375 4 года назад

Great Tutorial....it will help me loads! I loved it when you said"I know it's fugly" and "That's what she said"!!! I had a few good chuckles!!! 😊👍

@maria.mobile017 3 года назад

Thank you so much. This was exactly what I needed right now. I was fed up with my toilet roll falling off and thought I would have a go at fixing it and needless to say I couldn't and it was in pieces but now its back and fixed 😁

@CecileFitnFunZUMBA Год назад

Thank you so much for this video! 🙏 My toilet roll holder has been falling down for a while, I had no clue how to put it back in place. I googled it, not too sure I would find anything 🙈, and found your channel. 10 minutes later, I was all sorted and fixed it back up by myself! You have a new subscriber!

@markjohnson8390 3 года назад

Those fixings worked well, I didn't realise I needed a setting tool so I've learn't something new ... thanks!

@charlesarnold4963 4 года назад

Andy, that was good. I fitted a self adhesive toilet roll holder to a painted hollow door aver 30 years ago and it is till in perfect condition. Admittedly I cleansed the door very thoroughly first!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Wow - impressive! Giving it a good wipe first is clearly key. 👍😀

@maddymiller9349 2 года назад

Thank you so much appreciated hope you had a great weekend x

@awantamta 4 года назад

great to have you back

@hansdegroot8549 4 года назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I'm glad we hardly have any plaster board walls in our house. Stay safe and lucky move (hopefully, in the end). Keith Brown had the same (or other) ever lasting problems when getting moved and that was before the Covid Epoque.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Cheers Hans! Yeah, we've moved house a lot over the years and never seen anything like this. Been dragging on for 5 months now. Stay safe too! 👍👊

@junetey 2 года назад

Thank you for making this video. My loo roll holder is up at last. It had been drooping for a year or more.

@michaelplays2449 4 года назад

Great video Andy thanks

@janiceh3995 3 года назад

Thankyou for this video, I am going to buy a new holder and attempt to fix it just how you have shown

@jamesdc1993 3 года назад

I know you mentioned adhesive fixings were asking for trouble... but I used silicone to fix mine to a ceramic tile and it's honestly rock solid!

@welshkid12 4 года назад

Who knew there was so much to talk about toilet roll holders 😂 great video bud! Interestingly the one you pointed out on amazon that you said was the wrong way up, when I worked on the renovation of a boutique hotel, we fitted two toilet roll holders in each bathroom, one as normal where you would usually find one, and the other just off the floor, vertically, the purpose of this was to hold the spare loo roll 👍 Nice to see you put the toilet roll on the right way too!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Yeah, I've seen a few in hotels like that used for the 'spare roll'. Not sure why other than it being easy to drop a roll on to from a height perhaps? 🤔😀

@Gr33nLeafNinja 3 года назад

Thanks for your help. I was able to tighten up a loose tp roll, and didn't break anything!

@MaxMakerChannel 4 года назад

I did maintenance in a hotel part time for a few years. So I repaired a lot of these. They often come lose. I recently found a model made from sheet metal. It has a big surface area and is glued on with double sided foam tape. Indestructible and fast to apply.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

These must be a full time job to maintain in hotels. 😂👍

@avih7311 4 года назад

And this is a PhD on Toilet Roll Holder. Well done!

@nickiemore Год назад

Thanks Great video!

@johngrindstaff4613 2 года назад

Great tips, thanks!!

@elise3021 Год назад

thank you so much for this

@LiamBehan-mi8kr 4 года назад

Great to have you back sir. Been a while. Just discovered your podcast with Peter/ 10 minute work shop. Listen everyday on the way to work. 😃💪 keep em coming. A great listen everyone 👏

@rickfletcher8389 4 года назад

Liam Behan unfortunately they have stopped making the podcasts, but there is still a good backlog to listen to

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Thank you! Yeah, bit in limbo at the minute due to the move. Glad you're enjoying the podcast series - that was fun! 👍👊

@LiamBehan-mi8kr 4 года назад

No more podcasts 😢. But I understand work and family commitments. Hope you and the family are all doing well. Looking forward to the next video 😀. Take care 👍

@janiceh3995 3 года назад

I put a new toilet roll holder on my wall, and because it was a little bit loose, I decided to take it off and drill a bigger hole with a bigger plug, but I drilled through the only pipe in the whole wall going to my radiator!!!!! I drilled it right in the centre of it, a 10mm pipe !!!! Water was gushing out!!! Flooded the toilet that I had just re-decorated, and the hall way , and after turning the water off, and eventually the water stopped coming out, I admittedly had a cry! My toilet roll holder was just like the one you have shown, mine went straight in the bin, and I havnt attempted to put another one on yet.

@claub5438 7 месяцев назад

Nice video🙌

@mariosavva999 3 года назад

The 'That's what she said jokes' that you slicky threw in had me laughing more than I should have been 😄

@MoranGuyVideos 3 года назад

These screws are Philips head screws :-) sometimes this is what you need or have (just watching your vid about common screws and drills) never say never ! enjoy this channel , thanks!!!

@larss337 4 года назад

A very relevant subject. I salute you Sir ✋

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Indeed - no worries bud. 👍😀

@redlantern3371 Год назад

Thanks! I fixed it!

@kirk8985 2 года назад

Thank you 🙏

@phillipgroom9187 4 года назад

Good job!

@martenveldthuis 4 года назад

Laughed out loud at the "in case you want to use it underwater". :D (The sideways ones are for storing a spare roll)

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Cheers! Yeah, I've seen the spare roll thing in hotels. Not sure why your average punter on Amazon would want to do that. 👍😂

@katherineablett728 4 года назад

We have the mobile phone loo roll holder with the lip you mentioned. It’s great!!

@deborahloxton9619 2 года назад

Thanks!

@jdpjamesp 4 года назад

+1 for the tiled wall drilling video!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Cool - will add it to the list. 👍

@LostWhits 4 года назад

I agree. Cracked a few tiles over the years. Nothing worse than fitting a floating vanity cabinet to a room tiles floor to ceiling.

@marknorth9820 3 года назад

Nice thanks

@gwenscoble6229 4 года назад

Dad fitted those holders that are tiled in as you tile 20 years ago, with a recess and spring loaded thing. Brilliant until they make the rolls fatter! You don't get more, the core size changes. That's what she said😉.

@almostanengineer 4 года назад

I actually purchased that ‘modern equivalent’ one, works a charm 😅

@almostanengineer 4 года назад

Also, you can get some pretty strong double sided tape, look for the stuff with red backing, you’d be able to build a building with the stuff 😂

@stevebosun7410 4 года назад

Hi Andy, some good tips as usual. While, as you say, a substantial backplate and good fixings are essential, the cantilever load with those one sided bog roll holders doesn't help.

@ratchriat1716 4 года назад

found this video very informative and useful saty safe

@mda5003 4 года назад

Being apprehensive about drilling into tiles I attached a small bathroom 'wire basket' organiser to a tiled wall using those outdoor sticky fixers. Having then got a towel rail I decided to drill this time and using a special tile drill bit it worked a treat; I thought I do the same with the organiser but those sticky fixers are stuck so tight it will probably ruin it if I try to wrench it off!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

They only come off when you don't want them to come off. 😂👍

@ooslum 4 года назад

Got 2 of those exact same holders from 10 years ago, the "mortice and tennon" square joint between the backplate and bar had a tolerance!! of about 1.5mm and the screw would never hold it. A pounds worth of Poundland's finest epoxy filled and stuck the M&T and ensured the screw never moved. I think Tommy may have made a penny as well.....

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Ha ha - that'll fix it. Good job! 👍

@wairarapahandyman 4 года назад

I so miss Screwfix, Wickes and Meat & Potato pie's from the local chippy. Been watching for little while; we're out the other end of lock down here in NZ so be Safe and take care. Funny as fU(K - well done!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Good luck coming out the other side of this! We're pig sick of it over here but there's a small group that seems to want to be in lockdown forever. 😂👍

@Psychlist1972 4 года назад

Wet wipes are life-changing. I wish we had them when we were younger. You don't know what you're missing :) (of course, a sprayer/bidet is nicer, but those are difficult to come across in the US) Pete

@juliemandell Год назад

Handheld sprayers FTW.

@Psychlist1972 Год назад

@@juliemandell Unless you're in India, even in a very nice hotel. Everyone knew not to drink the water, but a few didn't think not to spray it up their bums. Sickness abounded.

@animationcreations42 4 года назад

The bottom half of my bathroom walls are 12mm plywood sheets with plasterboard over the top so I have no trouble screwing bog roll holders on!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

I'm jealous! I would seriously consider ply + drywall lined walls for my next project - or perhaps OSB even. Very useful! 👍

@animationcreations42 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman When I first found it, I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, but it's actually a great idea!

@davidatkinson3336 4 года назад

Andy I know it’s off topic with this video, but I need to upgrade some cheapo Argos/Ikea type recessed draw runners. I have to keep buying new ball bearing draw runners as they just don’t take the normal use. The ones I have are recessed in and I have no room to replace with good quality side mount runners. I have literally about two to three mm each side of the draw. Without remodelling which would be my last resort any ideas on how to upgrade to a better type of runner.

@lindasalfen7879 2 года назад

I actually like the old fashioned toilet roll holder

@teasmaniota Год назад

Grub screw is missing from our toilet roll holder which is really wobbly. I've tried pulling the holder off the wall but it won't budge. I'm afraid of making a hole in the wall if I pull too hard. What do I do?

@mikepeacock8385 4 года назад

10:27 👍but then at 10:35 👎- can you tell I work for Henkel? (we make Loctite). Incidentally, (sounding like you now), you can get different strengths of thread-locker including one that would work on the grub screw and still let you remove it later. Keep up the good work - I can't say that I have ever seen a video on fixing a bog-roll holder before😂😂

@NigelGent 4 года назад

I'd put the grips on at 90 degrees and rest the backplate on a bit of scrop wood whilst drilling. That would feel much more secure. Love the channel :¬}

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Cheers - yup, that would work! Take care! 👍😀

@timtsv1 4 года назад

I'd be inclined to screw the backplate to some scrap wood. Much safer option if you're a cack-handed.

@js8039 4 года назад

LOL over here in the US folks are trying to return the TP hoard. Department stores are NO...not gonna happen.

@matterpedematterpede 7 месяцев назад

If you've got an open ended toilet roll holder like the one in the video. Which way should it face? Outwards or inwards?

@tcimino68 Год назад

Great video. It lookes like the handle is facing the wrong direction.

@mRowden100 4 года назад

21mins. About big roll holders. I'll watch that!

@ooslum 4 года назад

I strangely watched this in the spare 21min I had, whilst rigorously testing mine.

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

Better than all the covid rubbish

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Splendid - hope it was useful! This one wiped me out. 👍

@kelzhomehairimprovements8109 2 года назад

Mine isn't a grub screw it's like a tiny Allen key, it's hard to tighten with that

@TavsIsAbout 4 года назад

What fixing would you use for a shower grab bar, for someone who has a disability, that’s going to be put onto a tiled plasterboard wall?

@shaunhansard8211 4 года назад

Come on! You’re giving trade secrets away now! 🤣🤣

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Ha ha - especially with regards to the correct way loo roll should be put on the holder. 👍

@misterpwood 4 года назад

Remember when I moved in here. It had the wall plate, and the tightening grub screw, both fine, except the grub screw was at the top, and the whole thing upside down, so the bend in the bar pointed down, so the shit tickets just fell off the holder. Who TF fitted that?!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Lol... that's mental. Shit tickets. 😂

@neilburton8131 2 года назад

Nice dunny role holder vid apart from you have it facing the wrong way there's a bigger chance of pulling the TP off the holder as you've done it as opposed to the other way around just saying also a good position for the dunny roll holder is 700 mm x 700 mm

@maddymiller9349 2 года назад

My one falls of the wall I done everything on the box it's stressful

@jbug884 Год назад

🤩

@daveanderson8011 4 года назад

Have exactly the same shit ticket holder, Been up and working for last 4 years, but one of the kids managed to dislodge it, Bars nice and tight back plate firmly secured, but using the grub screw can't seem to stop it moving or even falling of or dropping off Took backplate of and offered it up to the holder, plate seem a tad to short, also the lips on the backplate look like slightly different widths one side is slightly wider than the other end and overall length looks to small, athough is been up for the last 4 to 5 years Any thoughts,

@womblestacker7993 2 года назад

What size molly bolts plz

@christopherwaller2798 4 года назад

But surely the most important thing to ask: Is the toilet roll itself hanging the right way?

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Yes, it is. There is only one way. 😂👍

@corneydeb 4 года назад

Just put a new one up old style like you were showing , £1.90 delivered from Amazon (prime) ,it's made from anodized aluminium with a plastic roller perfect.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Does the job - will probably last forever. 👍

@superiorbeing95 4 года назад

My Ikea one has been good for years I think it was only a fiver, better than than picking up a roll that previously had someone else's brown fingers inside inside it. Always remember to put the roll on so it hangs down at the front or a psycho like me may rip it off the wall lol

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

Where do you get the grab screws, I have one that is worn out and needs to be drilled out and I have no replacement. :(

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

Oh well, found them www.ebaystores.co.uk/Bolt-Base/Grub-Screws-Cone-Point-/_i.html?_fsub=7222189015&_sid=664367595&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Yeah, loads on Amazon, Ebay etc. 👍

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman how do you measure those screws. I have an electronic gadget and it tells me it's 4.65mm. So is that m4 or m5? 😕

@FireAngelOfLondon 4 года назад

I built my own toilet roll holder. It holds a roll on a hardwood dowel at the top, and underneath is a cubby to hold a spare roll. No one ever gets caught short when the roll runs out...

@markpowell6885 4 года назад

Sometimes getting a longer grip screw (locks handle part to wall bracket) does the trick.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Good tip! 👍

@JasGawera 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman I've found that a shim of cardboard (loo roll tube) for the grub screw to bite against helps a lot.

@HumanBeingOnPlanet 4 года назад

I absolutely hate toilet roll holders that make lots of sound when unrolling the paper. Since my toilet is relatively small I hang my rolls from a colorful solid core electric wire with a small piece of plastic tube as a spindle. Just twisting/untwisting the wire when switching rolls. Desired height adjustment is easily done. Perfect for my needs ;)

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

That'll do the job! 👍

@line10cls 4 года назад

If you bought a huge amount of loo rolls please check the "use by date" so you don't use detreated roils.

@Jackzuk 4 года назад

I must of been on something when i brought my £90 loo roll holder and my Mrs for the life of her cannot switch the rolls over coz i fitted each end is too close together apparently, so its a blue job through and through, as solid as u can get tho.

@Jackzuk 4 года назад

Hahahah ‘thats what she said’ cracked me up, oldie but goodie!!

@Jackzuk 4 года назад

Also loving my mac exclusively metric tape measure 👍🏻

@spring899 4 года назад

I also like to start it off by hand 😆

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

That's what she sa...

@alanmullock381 4 года назад

If you can abseil from it the kids probably will struggle to rip it off!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Indeed - wise words! 👍😂

@sirforryan 4 года назад

I never knew I needed a setting tool. Any chance to a link to one? Thanks

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-heavy-duty-setting-tool/8499g?cm_sp=managedredirect-_-screwsfixings-_-settingtool&_requestid=948988

@silver_stained 4 года назад

Screwfix sell them.

@silver_stained 4 года назад

www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-heavy-duty-setting-tool/8499g

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Yup - just go for a decent one. Cheaper ones break straight away. The Rawlplug one looks like it'll do the job. Also links on here: gosforthhandyman.com/products-i-use/uk-based/ 👍

@lafemmelaMon 4 года назад

Buy the one in the link, don't be tempted to buy the one that's 5 quid cheaper, it breaks.

@girlsdrinkfeck 4 года назад

I don't like chrome plate bathroom accessories and towel holders rads etc. My flats 10 yrs old all of my chrome furnishing has rust spots

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Did you buy them from Amazon? 😉

@girlsdrinkfeck 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman nah came with the flat new build lol, i thuink i mentioned before about my chrome towel style radiator " central heating " having rusted pits on it ", when i have to replace it, id prob buy a white enamel based on ? any opinions on that ?

@ricardoalas743 Год назад

A designer only gives ideas to a home owner and then the designer don’t leave in that house . A toilet paper holder should be strong . Willing to withstand push and pull a toilet paper holder gets more used tan a towel holder.. just screw a 6 inches screw on the 2x4 and you will have a tp forever

@eimmioh 3 года назад

fast forward to 8:50 for repair instructions

@rickfletcher8389 4 года назад

Careful not to overtighten the grub screw as the backplates frequently are made of pressed steel and can deform making it impossible to anchor the holder to the plate

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Indeed - if the thread goes life gets tricky. 👍

@Bob_Burton 4 года назад

19:22 - cue the discussion as to which way the toilet roll should go on the holder !

@jacques7799 4 года назад

Was exactly what I was thinking. It was about two things, hygiene and the roll rolling off (or not?) What is the proper way?

@mda5003 4 года назад

@@jacques7799 The proper way is to hang over the roll (i.e. in front) and not under (behind) otherwise you could pick up on your fingers what could be smeared on the wall....

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

There is only one way. The other way is the start of insanity. 👍

@Pete.Ty1 4 года назад

👍

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

👍👊

@paultay23 4 года назад

Nice one Andy ...at 19:01 mins I noticed she didn't say owt....

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

I had to stop myself. 😂

@paultay23 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman ha ha

@fredthomas7254 4 года назад

Are you wishing you hadn’t dismantled the workshop now? Have you managed to do any joinery work for customers during lockdown?

@samuelchamberlain2584 4 года назад

I just don't bother with them , just place roll on cistern . Reminds me of loo roll dollys.

@daveanderson8011 4 года назад

Untill some clumsy oaf accidentally knocks it and you endup with pre soaked toilet roll Also theres always loads of empty tubes on top of the cistern waiting for a swim

@steenfraosterbro3268 4 года назад

How to fix a toiletholder. Okey, and i look at the time 20:59.....But of cause this is the Gosforth Handyman

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

That's short for me. 😂

@tjbrison 4 года назад

Brilliant video! I've fitted loads of these - exactly as you did, but WHY can't the manufacturers make the fittings more robust in the first place? It would take almost zero effort to improve the product.... ...and don't get me started on what happens when the grub screw fixing part wears to the point it will no longer hold the holder!!@#@#! :-)

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

I know - tell me about it. We can put NASA capable computers in our pockets but we can't get simple stuff like this right! 😂👍

@MoranGuyVideos 4 года назад

Double sideed sticky toilet holder ....This is not a bug that a feature :-)

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Sad times, sad times. 😂👍

@cjhification 4 года назад

"That what she said" did have me giggling, 2nd one especially. Was disappointed there was no blue roll toilet holder.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

I did debate making a giant holder to dispense 50 rolls at a time but... no workshop. 😂

@cjhification 4 года назад

@@GosforthHandyman would have been epic, such a shame.

@webmozaic 4 года назад

Andy. You've been in lockdown far too long mate. Getting excited by bog roll holders? Mate, have a word with yourself!

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

This one drained me. 😂

@Yahatacooky 4 года назад

@ 16:02 They don't teach you that at college!

@rzholland 4 года назад

And then you find it is pointing in the wrong direction - or thats whay happens with me anyway

@Crana 4 года назад

Amazon is a joke, I have mates who are part of some dodgy scheme where they get told to buy and review random products (normally under £30), then after they submit a review they get refunded and keep whatever it is. Broken review system, always read the 1 star reviews like you say, they will be the only real ones. At least on Screwfix you get real proper reviews, tradesmen aren't going to waste their time writing a review unless it's really good, or really bad to be fair.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Ha, yes - I've heard of a lot of different dodgy review scams. Products sent to random addresses too - so the reviewer never even sees the product. It's the biggest con going and packed with dangerous and fake goods. 🙄👍

@Tensquaremetreworkshop 4 года назад

If you buy branded goods on Amazon it will be fine.

@GosforthHandyman 4 года назад

Sadly a lot are fake branded and it's very difficult to tell what's real and what's fake. Been stung many times with 'genuine' goods on Amazon, Ebay etc. 🙄👍