Installing Shower Door Without Stud

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.

Installing shower door without stud.

If you re drilling into ceramic tile use a carbide tipped masonry drill bit. Fit the panel into the base track. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into.

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. Before you put the door on simply screw the hinges themselves into the anchors. Neighbor asked if i could help install a shower door. 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.

Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure. They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain. Remove the wall jamb and drill the holes for the mounting screws or wall anchors. They will sit next to the stud but not be on it.

We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. 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. Butt the jamb against the wall.

The glass is really heavy. 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. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb. 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. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb. Those collars have two anchor screws. They got tired of the mess.

Repeat the drilling in the opposite wall for the other wall jamb. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge. They may have something that will work.