How To Install A Grab Bar In A Fiberglass Shower Stall
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.
How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower stall. 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. How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower. Rubber mallet or hammer.
Make your bathroom safer and more versatile by adding grab bars. In your bathtub or shower grab bars provide extra security for that first slippery step. Electric drill with 1 8 inch masonry bit and 1 1 4 inch carbide tipped hole saw. 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.
We ll show you the best way to install them. Locate a stud stand near the shower and measure the height of 33 inches from the floor. Grab bar mounting brackets made specifically for fiberglass installation have discs that safely distribute the. You have to locate the center of the stud and use the low tack painters tape to mark the targeted place.
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. Gather these tools to install a grab bar with a wingits grab bar system. One piece tubs and shower enclosures consist of a single gel coated fiberglass shell. Molded fiberglass showers are not the easiest place to install a grab bar they have space between the shower itself and the wall frame.
The gap created between shower and frame makes it not safe for attaching grab bars directly to the fiberglass the material is thin and un supportive of the weight displacement from when a person pulls on the bar in the event of a fall. The directions that follow are for installing a grab bar on a tile shower wall. The method i chose in this application was the solid mount anchoring system.