Installing Shower Door Without Stud

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Installing shower door without stud.

Fit the panel into the base track. They will sit next to the stud but not be on it. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb. The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower.

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. Neighbor asked if i could help install a shower door. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb.

They got tired of the mess. 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. Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs.

They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain. Anyway i couldn t for the life of me find studs behind the shower stall front walls. Install wall anchors according to instructions where there is no stud available. The glass is really heavy.

Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure. 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. Repeat the drilling in the opposite wall for the other wall jamb. You want to make sure that everything is sturdy enough to handle the weight of the door because it is breakable.

I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. Butt the jamb against the wall. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors.

They may have something that will work. 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. Those collars have two anchor screws. 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.