I'd like to install a safety/grab bar in my shower and one in the kids tub. Both present problems.
In the shower, the wall is tiled all the way to the ceiling, and my stud finder can't detect the studs thru the tile. Any secret to making sure I hit a stud when I go to drill a hole??
Now the kids tub is different, it has one of these fiberglass surrounds. Although the surround doesn't go all the way to the ceiling, so I can find the stud, the surround does NOT fit flush to the wall. It is contoured/shaped in such a way that where the grab bar would go is actually about 3/4 inch away from the drywall behind it. Is there any way to get a solid connection to a stud here with this gap between the back of the surround and the wall?
In the shower, the wall is tiled all the way to the ceiling, and my stud finder can't detect the studs thru the tile. Any secret to making sure I hit a stud when I go to drill a hole??
Now the kids tub is different, it has one of these fiberglass surrounds. Although the surround doesn't go all the way to the ceiling, so I can find the stud, the surround does NOT fit flush to the wall. It is contoured/shaped in such a way that where the grab bar would go is actually about 3/4 inch away from the drywall behind it. Is there any way to get a solid connection to a stud here with this gap between the back of the surround and the wall?