New shower seat in existing shower!

Chris_82

How strong is what ever is attached to this seat? Iv'e noticed are you going to trust your loved ones to this arangment?

This is why the right answer with people who install grab bars and other accesory things in the first place is make sure there is proper backing in the wall in the first place! Anything short of this and you are gambling with sick and disabled people who are trusting you to do the right thing...in the first place...not think up hare braind scheems to save time or save the tile, ask your self what happens if my 300 lb grandma with a broken hip is worth using some sort of glue or making shure 1000 pounds of bacing is in place in that wall in the first place! Most collabsible seats extend 20 inches put 300 lbs on that 20 inches and tell me the amount of pounds at the attacment point due to the lever/fulcrum point and tell me again you would use epoxy, for that one square inch of bonding area and that would be a liberal estimat...you have about 20,000 inch pounds of concentrated force ripping that joint from the wall and whatever is holding that tile on!!! You have framed a safety issue in terms of saving the wall, ever have a broken hip, I wonder what they would say if your perhaps well intentioned but misinformed actions rip off the shower wall as they spend the next six monthes in hospital and rehab because of your gamble? Proper backing in the first place and if the wall has to come down SO BE IT! Caps used to shout to you so you will listen. Please accept apologies...

Jamie_6

Can you?

Hello all!

My wife and I just had a new shower tiled and she now tells me she would like a 20" corner shower seat installed. Think it's possible without having to rip out all the new tile?

Jamie

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kevin coppinger_4

make it...

out of teak and attach it to the walls making sure to seal any penetrations...kpc

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hr

I've seen little stools

that could be set in the shower. Look in steam shower and sauna catalogs.

To install a bench seat you would want some good backing in the wall behind the mounts.

I have also seen tubular stainless steel fold down seats in hotel handicap shower stalls.

Our room in Germany had a shower drain in the middle of the bathroom floor, no thresholds around the shower area, for wheelchair access. It had a fold down seat.

Also a nice panel radiator/ towel warmer with a Danfoss TRV. Very handy for quick warm up.

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Stephen C.

Shower seat

I have had great success using marine epoxy 'West System'
to install corner seats and shelves.

I used 1" x 1/4" offcut strips of tile as ledgers to support actual shelves. Apply epoxy and ledger, tape in place or otherwise support,(no screws required) leave 24 hours and install shelf with epoxy or silicone if only small shampoo shelf . Be very sure that you are located properly and do not plan on changing your mind because the cured epoxy bond will not come apart. I glued up test strips and used a cold chisel to try separate them. No chance.. the glazed face of the tile came off first. As long as the tile work and substrates were done to a high standard this method is great.

The biggest seat I have done was 16" x 24" marble with a small radius on the exposed corner.

Stephen C.

Eric_32

Shower seat

I have found a seat that can be installed either before or after tile installation. It's made of AL, claims to withstand 400lbs, and after it's installed, you finish it with tile. Installed a tile shower, and the tile installer used one in it.Hope this helps.

http://aquafit-usa.com/stock_mats.htm

Chris_82

Shower seats, bars, etc,...

Whatever you do get it into the "backing" if no backing then try for the wall studs, one of the best toggle bolts are the stainless zip strips, or Hilti togglers but what then if it isn’t into the adjoining abutting wall with supporting backing??? Go thru the entire wall into the next space and then place backing exposed that covers the wall studs…But drill thru the tile and use ss lag screws, you will have to go to an industrial hanger place for them though... but will your stuff line up with the existing studs? Bobrick and a number of accessory manufacturers make corner units this type of equipment is not found at your local box store so don't waste your time there, epoxy is not a good idea.

Stephen C.

Epoxy

Just curious but why not marine epoxy? Bad experiences or
prejudice? If the West system is good enough to bond load bearing hardware to racing sailboats why not a shower seat to well secured tile? The bond created seemed exceptional to me and shows no sign of deterioration after almost a decade. I am always reluctant to put holes in watertight surfaces. No matter how well people try to seal with silicone it always seems to let water behind the tile leading to mould and the ultimate failure of the system in the long run. Seen and rebuilt way to many soggy shower stalls.

Just looking for info as I would hate to keep doing it the wrong way.

CC.Rob_3

epoxy!

Having built and repaired several boats with West System over the past 25 years, and used it in a ton of other applications, I would not hesitate to use it in a shower. In fact, I have. No problem. Great stuff.

That said, for this kind of "retrofit," I'd go for the teak or aluminum stool, just for the functionality.

Drew_2

Shower Seat

Ask the question on the John Bridge Forum. Your should be able to find it thru Google.