How will I fix my elderly relatives shower rail?

poopyhead

Whenever I visit a relative his shower curtain rail annoys me.

He has been promising to fix it himself for years but now he's getting old and I would like to do it for him.

It appears to be a simple right angle with two screw fixings on either end.

This has been sagging in the middle at the bend for 10 years.

Should the fixing screws have been on the left and right instead of top and bottom? Would that have made any difference?

Because his shower curtain doesn't work his bathroom floor is constantly flooded. I'm concerned he will slip if I don't sort this out

dathi

https://www.diy.ie/departments/cooke-lewis-nira-metal-chrome-effect-non-extendable-angled-shower-curtain-rod-l-0-8m/1659649_BQ.prd?storeId=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhc-sBhCEARIsAOVwHuTnHhtqrGPcO2uTXFnM6BNO3epluu0g5PG4lNgj1Nd3hUvj8H3iyLAaAuJREALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

buy them a new one with a ceiling mount for the corner

GreeBo

Yep, that just needs an arm going to the ceiling to hold it up.

wandererz

Was that rod purchased curved or did someone bend it to suit?

poopyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121562533#Comment_121562533

I'll never know but I managed to fix it .

It was too high for the curtain so I had to get longer clips to lower the curtain from the rail . Everything about the job was a head wreck but the floor is now dry thankfully so I did my good deed to start the new year off 😀