Installing Shower Door Without Stud

They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain.

Installing shower door without stud.

Neighbor asked if i could help install a shower door. They got tired of the mess. Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb.

Remove the wall jamb and drill the holes for the mounting screws or wall anchors. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs. Fit the panel into the base track. 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.

You want to make sure that everything is sturdy enough to handle the weight of the door because it is breakable. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. They may have something that will work.

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. Install wall anchors according to instructions where there is no stud available. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. 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.

Butt the jamb against the wall. Anyway i couldn t for the life of me find studs behind the shower stall front walls. 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.

The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. Those collars have two anchor screws. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge. Pull on them a bit to apply the same amount of pressure that the door will when it is installed.

The glass is really heavy. 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. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors. Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure.