+ VERY cautious five stars due to finish + easy install + good hardware - filing of bracket lip m...+ VERY cautious five stars due to finish
+ easy install
+ good hardware
- filing of bracket lip might be necessary
I just 99% installed a black Delta grab bar, and just ripped it out -- its very long wood screws took no effort to strip and bend, and while it arrived in pristine condition, it took no effort to scratch the entire thing. This towel bar has the same finish, but as I'm using it for a sloped skylight curtian rod, metal grommets and a plasticized boat hook run along it daily with no effects on its finish. So take that for whatever it's worth.
As with all Delta's Pivotal fixtures, the mounts fit over the brackets and an allen set screw pinches the bracket; in order for the mount to hold on the opposite end from the set screw, a lip is drilled -- leaving a circular hole narrower than the width of the bracket. The only one I had to file down was for their toilet paper holder, but I put that up on brick -- which had to be chinked and chipped to a smooth-ish surface, and it took a while to figure out all the axies this thing wouldn't line up -- and this one had the worst drilling of 6 mounts so far, so who knows if it really needed to be filed down as smoothing out the mounting surface certainly took care of at least the grossest issue with mounting.
by whatdoiknow