Deltana 55D2008 Towel Bar, 6", 55D Series, Solid Brass

Projection is 2-3/8 inches off the finished wall, and the mounting posts have a 1-7/8 inch base size. That matters in a tight powder room or a narrow half bath where a towel bar next to a swinging door can get clipped. Measure from the wall face to the door swing before you set the post locations.

The 55D2008 is built from solid brass through the bar and posts, not tubed steel or zinc, and Deltana classes the 55D bath line as commercial. Brass does not rust, which is what kills plated steel accessories in high humidity restrooms and unventilated apartment baths. For multi family turns and hospitality washrooms that is the reason to spend here rather than on a stamped bar.

The Deltana 55D2008 is a 6 inch bar, which suits a hand towel or a guest powder room more than a bath sheet. For a full bath towel, step up to a 24 inch bar such as the Delaney Congaree 200 Series 24 inch Towel Bar Set or the Orca Hardware Camano 24 inch Towel Bar Set. Both are sold as complete bar sets rather than a short single bar.

The Deltana 55D2008 is a complete towel bar, so ordering it to fix one broken end means buying the rail as well. For a post-only replacement, the Delaney Denali 1100 Series Towel Bar Post Only is sold as the post by itself, and the Delaney Cascade 300 Series Towel Bar Only (Square) is sold as the bar without posts. Those are component parts of their own series and will match Denali and Cascade hardware respectively, not a Deltana 55D bar.

The Emtek Modern Brass Towel Bar is the closest like-for-like alternative. Both are brass towel bars in a modern-styled bath hardware line: the Deltana 55D2008 belongs to the 55D Series in solid brass, and the Emtek piece belongs to Emtek's Modern Brass Bath Hardware series. The difference is which manufacturer's bath collection the rest of the room is being matched to, so if a bathroom already carries Emtek trim, the Emtek bar keeps the suite consistent.

The 55D2008 belongs to Deltana's 55D bath collection, a modern styled solid brass group covering the range of bath accessories in the same finishes. Ordering the paper holder, ring and hooks out of the 55D series is how you get the post shape and finish to read as one set on the wall. Mixing another Deltana series will match on finish name but not on the post profile.

With a 1-7/8 inch base, each post covers a small footprint, so you have limited room to hide an anchor. Solid brass posts on a 6 inch bar carry real load when someone tugs a towel, so drill through the tile into a toggle or a threaded tile anchor rated for the pull rather than a plastic sleeve. Hitting a stud on both posts at a 6 inch spread is unlikely, so plan for anchors on at least one side.

Both are brass bath bars, and the split is style. The 55D line is Deltana's modern collection. Emtek splits its bath hardware by aesthetic instead: Modern Brass, Transitional Brass, and Traditional Brass, plus a Sandcast Bronze group with a heavier cast texture. Emtek also offers double bar versions in the Traditional and Sandcast Bronze lines, which the 6 inch 55D2008 is not.

The Deltana 55D2008 is a single-bar towel bar. If the wall run is limited and two towels have to share it, a double bar such as the Emtek Traditional Brass Double Towel Bar or the Emtek Sandcast Bronze Brass Double Towel Bar carries two rails on one pair of posts. The Emtek Traditional unit sits in Emtek's Traditional Bath Hardware line and the sandcast unit in the Sandcast Bronze Bath Hardware line, so pick by which finish family the rest of the bath trim follows.

No. The Cascade 300 Series item is a Towel Bar Only in a square profile, meaning the rail without the mounting posts, while the Deltana 55D2008 is a complete 6 inch bar in the 55D Series. Buying the Cascade piece as a substitute leaves the job without posts, and its square rail is styled to the Cascade 300 line rather than the 55D modern bath collection.

The Deltana 55D2008 is ordered as a single 6 inch bar. If it is easier to buy the bar and its mounting posts as one packaged set, Delaney and Orca both sell that way: the Delaney Acadia 900 Series Towel Bar Set, the Orca Hardware 36 Series Swirl Towel Bar Set, the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely Towel Bar Set, and the Orca Hardware 27 Series Swirl Towel Bar Set are all set-packaged. Sets keep the bar and posts in one line item, which matters on a multi-unit turn where partial shipments stall the trade.

The Deltana 55D2008 is offered in Brushed Nickel and Brushed Brass. Where a darker, oil-rubbed look is required to match existing bath trim, the Emtek Sandcast Bronze Brass Double Towel Bar comes out of Emtek's Sandcast Bronze Bath Hardware line. Note that it is a double bar rather than a single, so the wall layout has to accommodate the deeper two-rail profile.

No, it is the wrong look for that. The 55D group is a modern collection with plain solid brass forms. If the room calls for ornamented posts, Orca Hardware's 36 Series Blakely and 27 Series Cypress swirl towel bar sets are the decorative direction, and the 48 Series Blakely set is another in that family.

The Emtek Transitional Brass Towel Bar sits in Emtek's Transitional Bath Hardware line, which bridges modern and traditional detailing, while the Deltana 55D2008 is part of a modern solid brass bath collection. For a more ornamental look in the same brass material, the Emtek Traditional Brass Double Towel Bar comes from the Traditional Bath Hardware line. All three are brass bath accessories; the choice is which styling the rest of the room's trim follows.