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.

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. The shower is a one piece fiberglass pre fab shower. They will sit next to the stud but not be on it. Install wall anchors according to instructions where there is no stud available.

I assume i need a stud on at least one side of the door to screw the frame into. 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. The concern is i won t really be installing this door into studs. Anyway i couldn t for the life of me find studs behind the shower stall front walls.

Fit the panel into the base track. Finally add a shower curtain or install shower doors to complete the enclosure. They had a shower installed a few months ago in their basement but were using a curtain. There are studs about 5 into the stall but nothing along the front edge.

Repeat the drilling in the opposite wall for the other wall jamb. Close the door and mark the wall along the jamb. Remove the wall jamb and drill the holes for the mounting screws or wall anchors. They got tired of the mess.

The glass is really heavy. They may have something that will work. Those collars have two anchor screws. Neighbor asked if i could help install a shower door.

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. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu.

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. If you re drilling into ceramic tile use a carbide tipped masonry drill bit. Pull on them a bit to apply the same amount of pressure that the door will when it is installed. Remove the jamb and the magnetic rail from the panel and attach the jamb.