How to Install a Grab Bar
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Learn how to install a grab bar with this video. For more home-improvement tips and tricks please visit the Family Handyman website at: www.familyhand...
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That tip on measuring the bar on center is genius
Thank you for making this video
Thank you for the video. Without you I would not have had the courage, let alone the knowledge, to install the grab bar in our bathroom. I had to watch your video several times, and then mid-installation come back for another look. With your help the grab bar is now firmly in place. The project from start to finish took about 30 minutes.
Smash your thumb? Was it during the filming? Bandaid looked new
Thanks for the video. What did you do to your thumb?
Thank u so much for this video! My husband and I have been trying to figure out how to do this for months! This worked GREAT!
Thank you! At 71,
I intend to replace towel rods with grab bars. I have balance issues & need to feel secure in the bathroom & by the toilet. (Have thought of locating one in the hallway as well, for security reasons.)
We just retiled our shower and put up grab bars. My husband had the vertical bar placed on the wall outside the shower on the side of the shower head. Does that make any sense. He insisted that's where it goes. I've always seen them inside the shower before you step out vertically on the tile. I love your video. Very informative.
They go in the shower but I don't trust those fasteners , I honestly don't believe if say a 180+ pound adult slips and grabbed the bar it will hold
In my primary shower I went with nice grab bars inside the shower because my shower is massive & I have a really nice tile shower with all glass on 2 sides.
However, in my secondary bathroom I have a 3 piece plastic tub shower with a shower curtain. I absolutely need a vertical grab bar to hold on to while getting in & out of the tub. I can't risk falling & I lose my balance lifting my leg up & over the side of the tub. I needed a grab bar, but didnt want to drill in to the plastic tub surround. In this case I did put the grab bar vertically just outside the shower into a stud. I can grab it and get in and out no problem without risking permanent damage to my tub surround.
Google >grab bar location>images.
You can see that you can put them pretty much anywhere, but there's a few recommend locations and mesurements, including the one your husband chose.
Nice hair piece!!
Actually it's a hat.
@@andriyshapovalov8886 Uhhhh...very nice hat. Almost looks like human hair.
if you could actually find the studs through tile, then you WOULDN'T need wing-its as studs are always the better choice...maybe only one side for wing-its
Hitting the studs is definitely better if you can use them, much stronger than sheetrock.
Perfect video for those of us that just didn't have the knowledge!
Would be better if he followed the directions for properly installing Wingits. The sticky template goes on FIRST. The black flanges go over the template. That's what makes it water tight.
He is right, you are wrong and YOU made mess up. But, I was able to fix it.
@@lindadavis1970 I prefer to use the manufacturers recommended installation procedure. Usually works better that some hack on a you tube video.
Ohh snap!
This is a really good system. I’m confident either way you mount the gasket it’ll work (even though water migration is tricky to prevent). I like the dab of silicone at the cover dimples. I may add clear silicone around the covers once mounted, leaving a small gap at the bottoms to allow drainage. This is debatable if you ever want to temporarily remove the covers for thorough cleaning.
So, if you are able to locate the studs, why not to use them for anchoring instead?
Its in case you cant find the studs behind a tiled wall.
won't this cause the waterproof to fail?
Thank you this helped BIG-TIME!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
The hollow wall can be installed with the old man's handrail using plastic expansion screws, and can be used safely for a long time??
Don’t ever use expansion anchors in tile. You run the risk of cracking the tile plus it’s not nearly as strong.
What is the make of grab bar?
Great video!🇺🇲🙏❤
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 your tile is an outside wall, it will not be a hollow wall, which all these spread apart anchors/ toggles 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.
But the beauty of it is that a plug into a solid external concrete wall is that it is a thousand times more secure than any hollow wall fixing. It’s also a lot more simple as well: drill hole, tap in plug, add screw, done.
Yeah, I have one inch gap between my backer sheetrock and the outside cement block wall. Worse, there is sheet insulation filling that gap. So, no spreaders will work. I already drilled an 1 1/4 in hole on my shower tile wall planning to use the Moen clamp. Going to try metal wall plugs. This scares me. Hope I don't end up with a bunch of useless holes in my shower.
@@retiredkidbuck Better make the hole a bit small. Enough that you have to tap the plug in with a rubber mallet.
I didn't know about them anchors.
Those Wing iT'Z require way too large of holes
0:41 Nice pose.
I did it with the Woodglut plans.