Van Chocstraw wrote:
aemeijers wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:
Walter R. wrote:
We are getting old and need a grab bar in the shower stall. The
walls are covered with 2x2 ceramic tiles, probably over sheetrock
and standard studs (standard construction).

How can I located the studs under the tiles in order to fasten the
bar securely? My little magnet gizmo for finding nails in the
wallboard does not seem to work through the layer of tiles. My
clairvoyance is also not working today. :-)

Once I know where the studs are, I can drill holes through the tiles
with a carbide drill and use lag screws to fasten the grab bar.

Thanks


I thought I saw suction cup grips on TV once or twice.

Uh, not only no but Hell No. You do not use suction cups for anything
where injury can result when (not if, when) they fail. Better to have
NO grab bar, than a bar you can't trust.

If OP can't work out how to do it on their own, they should hire
somebody.

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Wouldn't hand grip stirrups hanging from the ceiling be better? Easier
to hold yourself with arms straight up than out to the side.

Nope, needs to be something solid. Anything hanging down from ceiling,
unless it is on a solid pipe, would still let your feet get out from
under you. And many people who are in the grab bar generation have
trouble raising their arms that high any more. Best grab bar
arrangement is an angled one on back wall of tub, and a vertical one on
the corner, at the end of tub people get in and out on. If tub floor is
higher than room floor, the grab bar climbing over the edge of the tub
is especially useful when getting out.

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