Installing Shower Door Without Stud

Prepare the doors by installing roller and if applicable handle towel bar hardware.

Installing shower door without stud.

You will later screw the shower pan into the wall studs. If there is a stud located in the wall where the wall jamb will be installed you do not need to use anchors. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure.

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. For tile use a. Hanging the door panels. Those collars have two anchor screws.

I had the plumber set the shower pan. Mark the center of each wall stud on the shower pan rim. Mark and drill a hole at the intended anchor location on the wall. Without moving the track use a 4 foot level to adjust the jamb until it s plumb.

I took it down to the studs and put it back together however i didn t plan well enough for the shower door. Place the rollers on the top frame flange of both door panels and secure them with lock washers and machine screws. Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations. I was hoping for a frameless shower door but did not put studs behind the tile.

I am looking to install a glass shower door using this frame. I put up hardibacker redgard and tile. Keep the type of shower door in mind when deciding on the right shower pan size. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience.

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. I m wondering if there are anchors strong enough to hold a frameless glass. Take careful measurements dry fit your shower surround to ensure. Screws or fasteners can be attached directly to the stud and will sufficiently support the wall jamb.

The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into. Installing the door panels is easiest from outside the shower. On the side of the shower opening that will support the door hold a jamb piece against the wall so that its lower end fits into the base track.