Hi my mother in law had her son in law fix her a wall mounted shower seat when he came for a visit (from France so he wont be back for a while), he often does stuff for his daughter too in the UK when he visits so he has loads of tools/drills that he leaves over here.
When I went there she asked me to have a look at it because it felt like it moved a tiny bit, ie she was not confident it would take the weight (she's about 140lbs). I took it off to have a good look and the 3 coach bolts were tight but not as tight as I would have liked. Also it is mounted on the tile which I suppose is the normal way.
Anyway she has cavity walls, the bolts (x3) are 80mm long and about 10mm in size. The external facing wall's internal wall part appears to be breeze block with the outside being a pebble dashed brick.
I don't feel the bolts are long enough really (although they came with the seat with instructions to drill a hole 85mm deep) but any longer and I suppose they would be into the cavity. I was wondering is there any bolt that I could use that could go into the brick from the inside and offer grip in the brick ie almost bypassing the breeze block and just using it to rest on, but gripping in the brick?
The other thing I wondered about is getting some 10mm studding and putting the threaded studs right through to the outside with nuts and washers and then repairing the wall and repainting ie it would not be hard for me to hide that outside as the pebble dash is of a very chunky type and painted, not the usual small stuff. I know this method may sound a bit odd but I thought it would work.
What I am hoping is that someone on here can tell me an easier way which can be done from the inside only and does not involve the outside, ....... and is very very strong so that we don't have to worry as she is 86 and I would not want her to fall.
Also do the tiles normally cope ok with the pressure of a seat with a person it? Its on a single tile about 25cm x 33cm. and has a plate with the bolts going through it.
Any advice or help appreciated.
When I went there she asked me to have a look at it because it felt like it moved a tiny bit, ie she was not confident it would take the weight (she's about 140lbs). I took it off to have a good look and the 3 coach bolts were tight but not as tight as I would have liked. Also it is mounted on the tile which I suppose is the normal way.
Anyway she has cavity walls, the bolts (x3) are 80mm long and about 10mm in size. The external facing wall's internal wall part appears to be breeze block with the outside being a pebble dashed brick.
I don't feel the bolts are long enough really (although they came with the seat with instructions to drill a hole 85mm deep) but any longer and I suppose they would be into the cavity. I was wondering is there any bolt that I could use that could go into the brick from the inside and offer grip in the brick ie almost bypassing the breeze block and just using it to rest on, but gripping in the brick?
The other thing I wondered about is getting some 10mm studding and putting the threaded studs right through to the outside with nuts and washers and then repairing the wall and repainting ie it would not be hard for me to hide that outside as the pebble dash is of a very chunky type and painted, not the usual small stuff. I know this method may sound a bit odd but I thought it would work.
What I am hoping is that someone on here can tell me an easier way which can be done from the inside only and does not involve the outside, ....... and is very very strong so that we don't have to worry as she is 86 and I would not want her to fall.
Also do the tiles normally cope ok with the pressure of a seat with a person it? Its on a single tile about 25cm x 33cm. and has a plate with the bolts going through it.
Any advice or help appreciated.
