How To Install A Grab Bar In A Fiberglass Shower Stall
Rubber mallet or hammer.
How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower stall. Molded fiberglass showers are not the easiest place to install a grab bar they have space between the shower itself and the wall frame. We ll show you the best way to install them. Step by step process step 1. Learn how to attach something that must be rock solid a grab bar to something that is thin and flexible the wall of a fiberglass tub shower unit.
The method i chose in this application was the solid mount anchoring system. Make your bathroom safer and more versatile by adding grab bars. Find a stud there. Locate a stud stand near the shower and measure the height of 33 inches from the floor.
Electric drill with 1 8 inch masonry bit and 1 1 4 inch carbide tipped hole saw. One piece tubs and shower enclosures consist of a single gel coated fiberglass shell. The solid mount installs through a 2 hole drilled into the fiberglass with a mounting assembly that attaches directly to the stud leaving a surface to which standard grab bars can be attached. In your bathtub or shower grab bars provide extra security for that first slippery step.
Find the studs near your proposed grab bar location using a stud sensor or one of the techniques. In this q a herrick kimball a remodeler and kitchen contractor explains the tricky task of installing a grab bar on fiberglass in this case a fiberglass shower. Installing grab bars in fiberglass showers since there is no waterproof board in back of the fiberglass and if there is no convenient stud i don t think the fiberglass can take the strain. How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower.
Gather these tools to install a grab bar with a wingits grab bar system. You have to locate the center of the stud and use the low tack painters tape to mark the targeted place. The solid mount system allows the installation of grab bars into existing fiberglass shower walls.