Installing Shower Door Without Stud

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.

Installing shower door without stud.

They may have something that will work. Install wall anchors according to instructions where there is no stud available. Framless shower door with no studs you might want to check with a local shop that specializes in glass and custom shower doors and see what they recommend for fasteners. 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.

The glass is really heavy. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb. They will sit next to the stud but not be on it. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge.

Repeat the drilling in the opposite wall for the other wall jamb. I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into. They got tired of the mess. Those collars have two anchor screws.

Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs. Anyway i couldn t for the life of me find studs behind the shower stall front walls. Pull on them a bit to apply the same amount of pressure that the door will when it is installed.

Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure. If you re drilling into ceramic tile use a carbide tipped masonry drill bit. You want to make sure that everything is sturdy enough to handle the weight of the door because it is breakable. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb.

The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. 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. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors. Fit the panel into the base track.

Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. Butt the jamb against the wall. They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain.