bathroomceilingrepairshower
I have glass tiled walls in my bathroom, so opted to hang the shower curtain rod from the ceiling to protect the tiles. It looked great, until a house guest recently slipped, and grabbed the curtain for support. This pulled the teardrop bracket out of the ceiling, leaving a small tennis ball size hole. I would like to patch the ceiling, and then reattach the shower curtain rod bracket to ceiling.
You can buy brackets like this one that attach to the walls. You still use a spring loaded rod, but the ends go into the brackets and the brackets keep the rod from falling.
Typically the brackets are attached to the wall with standard drywall anchors.
Use a masonary bit (easier to get hold of)
Put a cross of masking tape on the tile to stop the bit slipping sideways when you start
Go easy, don't put too much pressure on the bit.
Tip: try on an old bit of broken tile ( or a broken mug/teacup from goodwill) before starting on the expensive tiles.
Best Answer
Realizing none of this is intended to support a person, or animal, or support anything over a person or animal.
Which answer would you like?
In order of suggested preference, and holding strength
Open up the ceiling enough [24" x 8"] to get a piece of lumber screwed between 2 joists - then patch
Open up the ceiling enough [10" x 6"] to get a piece of lumber laying between 2 joists - then patch
Open up the ceiling enough [8" Circle] to get a fan support bracket between the joists then patch
Open up the ceiling enough [6" x 6"] to get a large piece of drywall on top of ceiling, for 2 layer patch