Floating Shower Bench Framing

When framing out the bench include a slight slope of about a inch for every foot allowing water to run off.

Floating shower bench framing. Bench brackets our bench brackets are heavy duty construction which provides 500 pounds per pair and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Premiered feb 22 2020 a floating bench seat in a shower is visually pleasing and can give more shower floor space in a small shower. A solid piece of stone is usually used to build the seat and is. Use a nail gun or 3 deck screws to connect all the 2x4s.

Attached on the wall this folding shower bench is a combination of stainless steel metal framing and teak wood. Make sure to use pressure treated wood to construct the bench box frame. Anchor the seat to studs with wood blocking if it s between studs. The shower bench should be level and plumb.

This can be folded so that it doesn t occupy space when not in use. Also deduct inch for the tile backboard. Use of foam board as a substrate will require a minimum 2 4 wood backing to be installed to provide fastener support at all connecting locations including bt 17s locations if applicable. You can put them in and remove them as quickly.

The entire process is shown how i do it anyway. When you run your membrane down the walls run it down and over the bench down to the floor overlapping the front of the floor membrane. Always remember to deduct the plywood thickness in this case it is inch used for the bench top. The newly designed r26 bench is now adjustable expanding from 19 32.

Frame your bench against your wall framing and put a solid piece of backerboard on the top making sure it s sloped. Shim it if necessary before nailing it to the subfloor. These are the perfect bracket for floating benches and shower seats. For more details see the adjustable bench page.

Frame the shower bench such that the 2x4s are 12 on center and about 20 to 26 high. Newly designed r26 adjustable bench. Framing the shower bench seat.