Drilling into tile for shower rod. Remove the duct tape. The screws may loosen over time making the bar something you or someone else may need to replace in time. Used sketchpenmarker for Marking. 4 attach a carbide drill bit to a cordless power drill if drilling through tile. Join me in this video as I mount a bathroom shower bar with built in soap dish. If you have a standard 60in tub your rod will likely be a bit too long. Not cracking the tile is key.
Best way from my own experience. Grout lines are best. Clean both the ends of rod and wall area with rubbing alcohol. Drilling into a tiled wall is also a bit trickier than drilling into a regular wall which isnt always easy itself.
Fortunately there are other. Fill the drilled holes with silicone before inserting your screws. By using NDAs you wont have.
I had made measurements.
The best thing to do is install a 26 between the studs where you want to install the grab bar install the kerdi board and tile normally then drill through the tile and kerdi board into the 26 to anchor your grab bar.
I will check out the tension rod idea.
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Carbide drill cutters are made to make larger holes in ceramic tile for shower faucets and other accessories.
Used Manual pointed pin hole maker just to make small 1mm depth hole using hammer and manual tool.
Do what you feel comfortable with but Ive never had a tile chip on me when using a hammer drill to make holes and Ive done it a lot. As I was measuring to install the shower rod I realized that the old curtain rod was ridiculously high well above the tile and to be anywhere close to a normal height for a shower curtain I would have to go much lower and drill through tile. However if you are planning on using a one of these tools make sure you have additional tiles available as they have a tendency to crack the tiles especially if you are cutting on the grout lines of the tiles. The best thing to do is install a 26 between the studs where you want to install the grab bar install the kerdi board and tile normally then drill through the tile and kerdi board into the 26 to anchor your grab bar. By using NDAs you wont have. Without further ado heres how to install a shower rod in a tile wall. Place a piece of duct tape on the tile where the shower rod will be installed and mark the spot where you will drill with a pen.
And notice how i measured so that the rod would hang just inside the tile.
4 Attach a carbide drill bit to a cordless power drill if drilling through tile.
However if you are planning on using a one of these tools make sure you have additional tiles available as they have a tendency to crack the tiles especially if you are cutting on the grout lines of the tiles.
Same thing I had tried to put shower curtain rod to tile.
A glass and tile bit can often do the job but some types of tile require special diamond core bits.
And notice how i measured so that the rod would hang just inside the tile.
