How To Install Grab Bars In Fiberglass Shower

How to install a grab bar in a fiberglass shower.

How to install grab bars in fiberglass shower. 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. 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. Step by step process step 1.

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. The solid mount allows a grab bar to be safely and securely installed into your fiberglass shower or fiberglass tub. You have to locate the center of the stud and use the low tack painters tape to mark the targeted place.

The method i chose in this application was the solid mount anchoring system. Rubber mallet or hammer. Then use a 5 32 in.

The directions that follow are for installing a grab bar on a tile shower wall. Grab bar mounting brackets made specifically for fiberglass installation have discs that safely distribute the. 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 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. Molded fiberglass showers are not the easiest place to install a grab bar they have space between the shower itself and the wall frame.

This will make driving the screws easier. Glass and tile or masonry bit to enlarge the holes. Find a stud there.