18 Jun
Posted by admin as General Bathroom Improvement
The shower can be a very
scary place when all those soap suds start to accumulate on the floor of your shower. One way to feel safer in the shower is to install a grab bar to the wall. Here are the tools you will definitely have to have and directions to correctly install a grab bar inside your tiled bathroom shower.
Once you have acquired a grab bar you need to collect the tools needed to install it. The following are the tools you will need:
Philips-head screwdriver
Drill
1/8 inch masonry bit or glass and tile bit
Stud finder or a length of wire
Tape measure
Silicone caulk
Sharp awl or carbide glass and tile drill bit
Wood bit, 1/16 narrower than the size of mounting screws
The first thing that you will need to do to install your
is to locate a wall stud. If you have access to a stud finder this will help greatly. Run the stud finder along the wall until a wall stud is located and mark the spot with a fine point marker.. If you ever will not have an electronic stud finder, no worries, just take a 1/8 masonry bit or glass and tile little and simply drill a hole into the grout.Then take length of wire and produce a bend in it.Put the wire within the hole and by spinning it left and appropriate you must hit a stud. If you do not locate a stud, the hole that you just drilled can be filled with a slight bit of silicone caulk.Make sure to flatten the dab of silicone caulk so it does not protrude from the grout line, allow the caulk to dry for about three hours
You will want to mark your stud locations so that you can measure from the base of the tub to determine the placement of your bar.
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