In your bathtub or shower grab bars provide extra security for that first slippery step.
How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower stall.
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.
Locate a stud stand near the shower and measure the height of 33 inches from the floor.
Rubber mallet or hammer.
You have to locate the center of the stud and use the low tack painters tape to mark the targeted place.
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 solid mount system allows the installation of grab bars into existing fiberglass shower walls.
Find the studs near your proposed grab bar location using a stud sensor or one of the techniques.
The method i chose in this application was the solid mount anchoring system.
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.
Grab bar mounting brackets made specifically for fiberglass installation have discs that safely distribute the.
Step by step process step 1.
Find a stud there.
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.
Make your bathroom safer and more versatile by adding grab bars.
Electric drill with 1 8 inch masonry bit and 1 1 4 inch carbide tipped hole saw.
How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower.
Molded fiberglass showers are not the easiest place to install a grab bar they have space between the shower itself and the wall frame.