man, they are so maddening. mine has worked loose.
you all know the ones. you have to screw tiny tabs into the wall, and the toilet paper "hangs" onto the tab, and you have to tighten a set screw at the bottom to secure it to the bracket.
several problems. there is about 99.99% chance the screws will go into a void in the sheet rock. you will straddle a wall stud guaranteed. if you do manage to hit one stud because you did your due diligence and sought it out with the stud finder you happen to find in the pile of tools that rarely get used..like your lazer level, voltage indicator, etc.. if you do hit a stud; it will be in a position that will require you to pirouette on the toilet seat or do some crouching tiger/hidden dragon yoga move.
that damn set screw. it is tiny. you have to lay down on the floor next to a toilet to look up at it to hit it accurately. you only resort to laying down after 15 minutes of trying to find it "flying blind". here is the deal. you buy this house, and that supplied allen wrench will be long gone. so you are trying to stab an allen into a hole, made from soft metal-like stuff, and you wont even know if your using the right allen size!! so now you do more yoga and lay down next to the toilet.
you have now sourced the correct allen size. you have allen keys everywhere. you cant use that cool, multi-tool allen (bad ass pelican members have two of them - one metric, one SAE) that covers all the sizes..NOOO!! that it too bulky to fit in that tight space. so you pull out that envelope of loose allen keys and scatter them out. the size it too small to read the lazer etched size on the allen key, so you do the size finding mission AGAIN.
almost there. you start spinning the set screw. that tiny right angle will still graze the wall, so you have to use the short leg. that tiny allen is magic. it will take 50 spins to loosen. i believe because only 1 out of 10 inserts actually go into the set screw and make a turn.
i am so tempted to make a decorate plaque and that can span the studs and simply drill holes into the bracket so i can positively screw in the tube holder.
i'm married, so tie wire is out. setting the TP on the floor? out! hmmm, ,maybe that pedastal thing?
at the end of my fiasco..i found out my set screws were actually minuscule flat blade screwdriver slotted. i had to use my bulky leatherman tool because it was deep.
my wife came home and said."hey, you fixed it!..and have you've been drinking?"
