Bobrick B-545 - Surface-Mounted Towel Bar, 24"

Surface mount. The mounting plates fasten to the finished wall and the threaded escutcheon flanges screw over them to hide the hardware and pull tight against the wall, so no wall cavity or blocking cutout is needed. That makes it a straightforward swap where an older surface-mounted bar is already anchored.

The B-545 is made in 18 inch and 24 inch lengths; the 24 inch is the longer of the two and suits a full bath towel folded once. For a narrow wall between a vanity and a door casing, step down to the 18 inch.

Two: bright polished stainless and satin stainless. Pick satin if the rest of the washroom hardware is brushed, bright polished if you are matching chrome-look trim. Both are the same 24 inch bar, so the finish is the only choice you make when ordering.

The bar and flanges are stainless steel, which is why it is specified for wet washroom walls rather than a plated or plastic bar. Bobrick lists it for residential use, so it is a good fit for apartment and single-family bathrooms; for high-abuse public restrooms in a school or stadium, look to a heavier-gauge commercial washroom accessory line instead.

Yes, and it is a sensible fleet choice: one part number, one surface-mount install method, and two finishes so you can run satin in one building and bright polished in another without changing the bar itself. Order the 24 inch for main baths and the 18 inch where wall space is tight, and the escutcheons keep the look consistent across both.

They do. Each flange is threaded and spins down over its mounting plate, covering the fasteners and closing the gap at the wall. You anchor the plates first, set the bar, then tighten the flanges by hand, so there are no exposed screw heads on the finished job.