How To Install A Wall Mounted Shower Seat

Teak folding shower seat.

How to install a wall mounted shower seat.

Wall mounted shower seat removal instructions 3 5. Locate the stud behind the existing shower wall and determine where the folding shower seat can be safely mounted. Use a masonry bit and drill through the tile. Proceed to wall repair.

When installing a leg supported seat the guide bracket is not required. If you don t have a stud finder use a 1 8 inch masonry bit and drill a hole in the grout line. Once the stud finder finds a stud use a marker to mark it. Both the upper mounting bracket and the guide bracket must be in contact with the studwall.

Remove the anchors carefully taking caution to limit drywall and or tile damage. Perhaps you re interested in the idea of a shower bench but you have a full tub and not a standing shower. Clean the portion of the shower wall where the seat will be installed. This is where you ll attach the seat.

Shower seat removal instructions 6. Use a punch and hammer to carefully nick the tile to prevent the drill bit from wondering. Put in the seat by drilling holes for mountings and assembling the seat. Use the stud finder to find the wooden studs in the wall.

Step 1 find the studs. Use a marker to mark the flange and wall bracket screw locations. 2 4 shower bench for over one end of the bath. Strong piece of diagonally cut tile mounted into the corner of the wall to create a small seating nook.

Position the shower seat at the required height normally 17 19 inches above the floor. Well believe it or not that doesn t actually. Once removal of the seat is complete remove the wall anchors using long nose pliers.