Tile Anchors For Shower Door

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Tile anchors for shower door.

Follow the steps necessary to determine where the holes need to be for your anchors. But with the tile after i drill the hole the anchor won t fit into it. There are two main types of wall anchors in hardware packs for kohler and sterling shower doors. Standard drywall anchors and hollow wall anchors.

I have tile and 1 2 inch cement board. I called delta and they said i would need to purchase and use 3 16th inch tile anchors. Clean the tile surface with a household cleaner to remove any film or dirt from the tub ledge and tile surfaces where the frame of the shower door is to be installed. I m using the drill bit size called for with the anchors.

Tubular plastic anchors hold firmly whether there s drywall or cement backer board behind the tile. Enlarge the original anchor holes with a 1 4 in. Step 2 measure the inside width of the shower at the top surface of the tub ledge from wall to wall. Drywall anchors heavy type molly bolts wall anchors drywall anchors 48pcs 6 sizes heavy duty zinc plated steel molly bolt hollow drive wall anchor screws assortment kit for drywall plaster and tile 15 96 15.

Will it be safe to hang 75 lbs of glass door using 4 anchors. So i think the wall anchors they provided are for a plastic shower insert not for a tile wall with drywall behind it. If i try to pound it in with a hammer the anchor just breaks. There must be an obvious solution to.

The doors are somewhat heavy. We show you here how to carefully install the fragile glass on tile without a hu. That section is a hollow back wall. Hardware packs for any shower door model will contain one or the other style of anchor but will not contain both.

Tap in the plastic anchors and fasten the mounting. Installing a glass shower door is a process that requires a lot of patience. No stud is available at that section. With drywall the anchors are able to bite into the wall some but they can t do that with tile hence they don t fit.

Follow the steps below to do this project all on your own. Step 1 plan for the holes. They did not seem concerned with hanging these doors using anchors.