How to Install a Grab Bar | Moen (8724) 24" Bathroom Grab Bar
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- This video will provide a detailed instruction for installing a Moen grab bar vertically next to the shower entrance.
**Correction: In the video I refer to a 1" drill bit for the toggle bolts, it is a 1/2" bit, sorry for any confusion!!**
0:00 How to Install a Grab Bar
0:15 Supplies Needed
2:10 Pre-Installation Prep
4:00 Pre-Drill Pilot Holes
6:50 Screw in Grab Bar
8:40 Finishing
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Moen (8724) Grab Bar 24" Metal
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Painters Tape
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Stud Finder
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Toggle Bolts
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Dewalt Drill and Impact Driver
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Drill Bits 1/2" and 1/8"
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Your video on grab bar placement was great, and the tip about adding blocking when a bathroom gets built or remodeled was terrific. But there are three problems I spotted with this one. First, as Bill already commented earlier, the pilot holes should be deeper, nearly the length of the screws. Next, "level" is for horizontal, "plumb" is for vertical. You use a level (the tool) to make sure the bar is plumb (straight up and down). And last and probably least, that larger drill bit is certainly not 1"; It looks to be 1/2" or maybe 5/8". You did a great job of demonstrating that installing a grab bar correctly is doable for an average homeowner.
Nice job with this comment. I installed these today, its a 1/2 inch drill bit, not 1".
yes, great comment and love "doable for an average homeowner." Very glad that her trade is not carpentry, she goes slow enough so that I can follow her, instead of pausing over & over again when I watch a professional in trades.
Great video. The "money shot" is how to install the bar in the fiberglass insert wall. Wish you'd do that one.
I have to disagree on the depth of the pilot holes. For the type of screw you were using it is best to drill a pilot hole (smaller than the diameter of the screw) in the wood maybe 1/8" shorter than the length of the screw. This helps the threads grab into the wood instead of splitting it.
I appreciate the detailed descriptions as you are performing the installation.
Thank you for watching!
I was really impressed by the Moen grab bars. On trick for being sure that there will a stud behind the wall is see if there is a window above the shower. If there is a window above it then there is a header above it which means on the edges of the window there will be at least one king stud and next to that there will be a cripple stud. When I installed a Moen at my mother's shower, I got a 48" one that went the length of the bathtub because there is a narrow window above the tub and sure enough, I put 3 3" screws on each end and I can sleep easy at night.
I found your website for the install info. Love the detail. Thanks for sharing the info on grab bar install!
Thank you for the kind words!
You definitely earned a subscriber today! I'm trying to install the exact same grab bar over a tub. Using a stud finder didn't help me. I made several holes where it said the stud was. After watching your vid, I decided to go with some strong wall anchors. So thanks! The level of detail you provide is like cold water to my thirsty soul.
I urge you not to use wall anchors in place of securing to a stud. Wall anchors, even heavy duty, are great for shelving and other items that stationary and not subjected to large shifts in applied weight. Over time, they will eat away the drywall until one day a person puts their weight on a grab bar and it breaks out of the wall, thus resulting in a fall. Always have at least one side anchored into a stud with optimally the stud end being the point where they more commonly will grad to steady themselves.
Good job, thanks for the video. I realize you are putting this bar in for your safety and convenience and in your own home so you installed it at the height you wanted. Keep in mind for anyone doing this for a handicapped bathroom in a public place there are standards set by the Americans for Disabilities Act (ADA). That said, when doing this at home, the ADA Standards are a good guideline for determining bar placements, heights, lengths, locations, and angles if necessary. Yes, they thought of everything. 10-CFR-Part 36.
Ada is a great place to start if you are making a generally accessible space, but the specific client factors (physical, who else resides with them, long-term prognosis, independence level, preference, etc.) should also be considered when establishing placement in an individual residence.
Awesome video's, well done!!
VERY well done! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
A self-centering drill bit would make starting much easier 😃
Excellent.
I’d love to see you install one into that Fiberglas surround.
You are excellent- thank you
great video
Thank you for the video. I noticed that you did not use the anchors. Are the anchors not needed if you're installing into a stud?
Thank you!
You’re welcome! Hope it was helpful ☺️
Thanks for the details for installing the bar. I was wearing earbuds while watching and my wife kept giving me funny looks...every time you called the 1/2" drill a 1" I said, "...1/2"..." lol (interactive tablet it is not lol) As you started to drill the top 1/2" hole I cringed a little...I have too often done that only to find a stud where I thought there wasn't one...the whole 'wisdom with age' thing often comes from mistakes when a youth...or even when a little older lol.
I'm thinking the stud may be running sideways as a corner there...thus the surprise in locating wood for that third screw...BONUS.
Thanks again for the informative video.
Cheers from New Brunswick, Canada...eh.
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not sure why youtube keeps telling me to watch your videos but I love watching you do this stuff so hi again from los angeles
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Great to find another OT doing this video. Adding Grab bars to my bathroom for my sister in law as she is living with us for now after a bad fall.
OT’s unite! Glad your sister has you! Hope recovery goes smoothly.
the screws that came with mine were crappy phillips head the twisting force got high even though i predrilled the recomended one eighth inch holes it felt like i was drilling into oak i should have used rust resistant button head torx drive screws they dont cam out the way phillips head screws do
I was *really* hoping you were going to demonstrate mounting a grab bar inside the shower along the back part of the curved wall.
Your 1 in bit is maybe 1/2 in. If it was a 1 in hole you would be using a 1 in spade bit.
Advice please. I'm a DIY'er. A planned installation will be almost duplicate of this video, except that I know I only have a single standard width wood stud to mount on. I'll be drilling through a fiberglass surface of a wall surround which was installed flush against blueboard, i.e. having no hollow voids. I think I'll be OK for driving 2 of 3 screws of each mounting flange directly into the stud. The 3rd screw mount will be wider than the stud is wide. At 1:12 in this video you show what mounting equipment you intended to use, presuming you would not have a stud to drill in to. Could you ID that item for me-and how you chose it?
Thank you
This is my go to drywall anchor for grab bars.
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It appears that you only drilled pilot holes through the drywall and not the stud. Is there a missing step to drill pilot holes into the stud so as not to split the wood behind the wall?
I did drill into the stud, but might not have stated in the video.
No eye protection when using the drill? True you not likely to get dust in your eyes if you're careful, but you never know!
Great job but I could not find the video about how to install grab bars in an insert shower.
Unfortunately, installing grab bars on insert showers is extremely difficult and often requires significant construction to provide proper backing. I haven’t been able to find a strategy that seems appropriate for a CZcams video.
That "monster bit" looks to be far less than "one inch."
Talking too much .lost patience