Installing Shower Door Without Stud

Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure.

Installing shower door without stud. Through the shower into the wall into a stud my problem is that i checked both walls and found out that the studs aren t lined up on both sides. Fit the panel into the base track. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb. They may have something that will work.

Install wall anchors according to instructions where there is no stud available. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb. Anyway i couldn t for the life of me find studs behind the shower stall front walls. 11 check out the finished project a bathtub and shower combo is a great addition to your bathroom and installing a direct to stud shower surround is a project that you can complete in under one day.

We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. Pull on them a bit to apply the same amount of pressure that the door will when it is installed. To install a glass side panel slip the remaining jamb onto one of the panel s edges and the magnetic strike rail onto the other. The glass is really heavy.

The vertical bar will be in studs but most of the weight is in two collars that site on top and protrude about 1 5 inches from the vertical bar. I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into. The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. Butt the jamb against the wall.

Repeat the drilling in the opposite wall for the other wall jamb. They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain. Neighbor asked if i could help install a shower door. Those collars have two anchor screws.

Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge. They got tired of the mess. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs.

Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors. They will sit next to the stud but not be on it. If you re drilling into ceramic tile use a carbide tipped masonry drill bit.