Grab Bar Installation For An Accessible Bathroom
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2011
- Installing a bathtub or shower grab bar is easy with these step by step instructions and will make your bathroom more accessible to those with limited mobility.
Place a vertical grab bar next to the shower or tub. Use a stud finder to locate a stud. Mark and drill pilot holes for screws. Place three screws in the top and bottom of the grab bar. Place the covers of the screws.
To attach a grab bar to tile, find studs and attach with screws. Set your drill to a slower speed and use a glass and tile bit to avoid breaking the tile. You may need an anchor.
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I appreciate that you show how to install the grab bar step-by-step. Thanks!
Why don’t they make grab bars 16” or 32” long so BOTH ends are anchored to studs?
Because it would make too much sense.
This video is an excellent resource for grab bar installation. I just installed two(2) Moen grab bars at my in-law's. Both were 18" bars. One was installed vertically with the Moen Secure Mount Anchors. The other was installed in the tub on the studs. If you install an 18" grab bar on a diagonal, you can catch the two adjoining studs 16" on center. I found the Secure Mount Anchors easier to install than the stud option. These Moen Products were high quality, sturdy, and easy to install. I would highly recommend them to anyone contemplating a grab bar install.
Only install to studs.
The plastic anchors will withstand downward pull but not repeated pulls horizontally. Eventually they will pull through the wall. This is especially true when the anchor hole exposes the drywall to moisture.
False, the anchor he used has a much larger footprint than small anchors. As long as one end is in a stud, the large anchor on the other end works just fine.
Very well done video. Thank you for providing the detailed instructions.
Awesome video! Exactly the instructions I was looking for.
Super concise and helpful video, thank you!
Great Video! I am trying to install a vertical grab bar beside my shower and tub. There is pine wood trim from top of the wall to the bottom. There is also pine wood trim from top to bottom on the side of the same trim. The screws included are the size needed to go through both trims. The problem is that the trim is 2 1/4 " wide and the flange of the bar is 3 " round. The flange hangs over, beside the trim. Only the 2 screws on the side of the flange will go through the wood. Not the 3rd one. Will 2 screws on the sides of both flanges be enough to hold me up. I am 170 pounds. I actually stand up and use the bar for support after showering. I do not pull on it much; just steady myself with it. Also, I put polyurethane on the wood. Will the wood eventually rot? It is outside of the shower curtain, and I try to pull the curtain so the trim will not get wet. Do I need to caulk the flange? Do I need to order a skinny grab bar with a smaller flange? I am a grandma and only have installed the accessories, like the towel bar in the bath. The set screws were a B---. I have arthritis and have a hard time bending over and getting up from the tub. Can I do this myself? Also---GREAT IDEAS for the tub and toilet. These things really help, as I am just now needing help in and out of the tub. I already have the white grab bar screwed on the tub, but it is not enough, to get up and out of tub. My arms are not strong enough to pull me up .Thanks!
Thanks for that video. You have clarified how to put it in
Thank you very useful
Nice video information, thank you.
These videos are good, but not one has addressed the problem of when the wall behind it is an outside concrete wall. I had to find out the hard way on my own. When your wall behind you tile is an outside wall, it will not be a hollow wall, which all these spread apart anchors are made for. No matter how deep you drill, you will not be able to hook up any anchor that has to spread out behind the wall. You have to use plugs, plastic or metal. And make sure the screws are stainless steel, or else they will start rusting in and outside of the wall, with orange seeping down.
Use Tapcon exterior screws for concrete
The only thing I don’t agree with is not using a silicone when going through the tile. Definitely recommend some sort of an adhesive or silicone.
Very helpful
So how do you install one or more to the walls of a one piece fiberglass tub and shower enclosure? That may well have been what Louise was asking about.
Excellent video about Grab Bar AKP-35701P!
What if you're installing into tile covered concrete block or plaster? All my walls are concrete block and plaster (or tile in the bathrooms)
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thanks for the info video
Notice at 2:40 the fastner screw spins out. Would be nice to know what to do when that happens.
nice
I'm fairly certain plumber's putty should have been applied between the fixture plate and the tile as well as inside the cover plate when installed in the shower area.
Silicone
Cover plate snaps into place. Grab bars in my shower were all loose. I read online that they snap into place so I aligned them and pushed them in until I heard the snap. They are all tight now.
Grab bar covers
@@atoosas The putty isn't an adhesive, it's a sealant against water infiltration and is used exactly because it isn't an adhesive. Think of it as a non-curing gasket maker.
where is the ADA link?!
Didn't this gentleman demonstrate the Rockwell Retro-Encabulator many years ago?
100% ! I just commented the same thing!
It's the Rockwell Automation Retro-Encabulator Guy!
What about working with tile over lath and plaster walls? It's for a home built in the 1930s.
Or you could forget the stud finder and drill just where you want.If you hit a stud, lucky you. If not, use a 2-pack of purchase some of Lowe's snap togglers (238 lbs. each in 1/2" drywall). Been using them on our local department on aging grab bar installations for the past 15 yrs. Just be sure to start with a 1/8" exploratory hole into which you can use a bent wire to check depth and/or any nearby hidden obstacles. If there's a "challenge", the small hole size gives you some "wiggle-room" for your plan B. And always caulk the top half of the collar.
It's the Rockwell Retro Encabulator guy!
LOL...I was trying figure out where I saw this guy before. I worked for Rockwell/Allen-Bradley for 27 years.
He gets around - he did some VHS owner's guides for VW in the early 2000s.
Water getting in there not gonna be a problem?
Should it be caulked so to not let moisture into the show wall?
Should shower rail be caulked
Yes to the caulking. I just bought three Kohler bars to match our faucets. Their instructions say to caulk the holes before installing the screws, particularly for the shower.
Transparent silicone.
what is that clamp on handle ??
If you are referring to the tub grab bar, it is a clamp to hold the fixture onto the side of the tub. Push it down to clamp it on, lift it up to loosen it for removal, all supposedly without marring the tub.
Can you post a video on how to use the drill bit? What brand did you recommend? How did you put it together to begin drilling? etc...
lol
I JUST RECEIVED A 12" GRAB BAR AND CANNOT GET THE COVERS OFF THE MOUNTING FLANGE? WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???
Did you twist them?
What if your tiles crack when you are screwing them in? 😬
You've got problems!
No, really?,
Nothing short of a ledger plate behind the tile works. Would a licensed contractor bet his license against a 200lb + pull on a bar attached to tile, ah no! Open the wall behind the location of the bar and install either a 2X6", 2X8" or better yet, install these during original construction.
Will grilla glue hold shower bar
no
Noth
what about the plastic
+Louise Cutler sorry, not sure we understand the question?
Lowe'sHomeImprovement.com/accessiblehome
Grab bars shouldn't be installed like this. Install to studs only.
actually bud the slower you go the easier youre vulnerable to chippin and or cracking the tile .
Not true go slow go slow I broke few going to fast
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Не будет нормально держаться, последний саморез провернулся, другие так же, наверное, закручены. Иногда такую патентованную хрень рекламируют, диву даешься. Хотя, если у заказчика руки растут из задницы, а головы вообще нет, то сойдет и такой способ срубить бабла.
I agree 😁
Very helpful