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Jul 23, 2012 Installing Grab Bars in Fiberglass Showers Fiberglass shower install: Recently I was asked if I could install bars in two fiberglass showers.

How to Install Shower (or Tub) Grab Bars Getting in and out of a shower isn’t always easy, even when you’re fit and able. If you have a sore knee or a sprained ankle, you may find it nearly impossible to maneuver safely without a secure handle. For safe entry and exit, install a vertical grab bar inside your shower 18 to 24 inches from the shower head end. If you’re installing a grab bar for someone with an injury or disability, have that person help you find the best location.

Inside a bathtub enclosure, position a grab bar horizontally, approximately 36 inches from the bottom of the tub, so that a bather can use the bar to help raise himself from a seated position. For stepping into and out of a tub, consider installing a vertical bar at the tub edge as a convenient handhold. Don’t be tempted to use any old towel bar.

Get the best quality grab bar you can afford and install it either with a blind fastening system or with blocking in the wall. Do not rely on wall anchors.

You can use a new blind fastener, the WingIts system, directly on wallboard without an attachment to structural support. The anchors flare out behind the wall to hold firmly. You should install the fastener on a sound wall made of 5/8-inch-thick wallboard or tile over plaster, cement board, or 1/2-inch wallboard. The system exceeds all building code and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) specifications. The directions that follow are for installing a grab bar on a tile shower wall. Gather these tools to install a grab bar with a WingIts grab bar system: • Electric drill with 1/8-inch masonry bit and 1 1/4-inch carbide-tipped hole saw • Felt-tipped pen • Measuring tape • Rubber mallet or hammer • Rubbing alcohol • Screwdriver • Locate the 1 1/4-inch mounting holes so that the center of the grab bar fastener slides into the holes.

• Measure from the inside of one bar flange to the outside of the other to find the center-to-center distance or the distance the 1 1/4-inch mounting holes should be spaced apart. Msi Fsb 400 Motherboard Drivers. • After making sure that the wall surface is clean, mark the location of the mounting holes with a felt-tipped pen.