Floating Shower Bench Framing

The newly designed r26 bench is now adjustable expanding from 19 32.

Floating shower bench framing.

Frame your bench against your wall framing and put a solid piece of backerboard on the top making sure it s sloped. 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. Frame the shower bench such that the 2x4s are 12 on center and about 20 to 26 high. Newly designed r26 adjustable bench.

Also deduct inch for the tile backboard. 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. This new version of the r26 offers the same value of the smaller bench but with the flexibility to expand to a longer length to meet those in between needs. Make sure to use pressure treated wood to construct the bench box frame.

A free floating installation without any side wall connection will require 2 invisabolts with 4 6 minimum wood blocking for the full length of the bench. For more details see the adjustable bench page. 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. Bench brackets our bench brackets are heavy duty construction which provides 500 pounds per pair and can be used both indoors and outdoors.

Portable shower benches are those which you can basically move around easily. When framing out the bench include a slight slope of about a inch for every foot allowing water to run off. Shim it if necessary before nailing it to the subfloor. Attached on the wall this folding shower bench is a combination of stainless steel metal framing and teak wood.

The shower bench should be level and plumb. You can put them in and remove them as quickly. Always remember to deduct the plywood thickness in this case it is inch used for the bench top. Use a nail gun or 3 deck screws to connect all the 2x4s.

The entire process is shown how i do it anyway. These are the perfect bracket for floating benches and shower seats. Framing the shower bench seat.