Grab Bar Installation Advice - Probing the Wall

Here at Sarasota Grab Bars we had the pleasure of sitting down with Howard Cohen of Mr. Grab Bar of Sarasota to get some helpful tips in probing the wall before installation and here are the most important points he made. 

1. After drilling out the initial holes in your substrate in preparation for the attachment of the grab bar on the wall, it is wise to gently probe into the hole with a short rigid wire to assess the following by listening and feeling with the probe.
• Amount of depth available
• Potential obstacles
• The presence of metal studs, ducts, pipes etc

      2. How to use the probe in order to make these observations: 

• Bend back the end of the metal wire and flatten it against the remaining portion of the wire to allow for proper assessment of the wall thickness
• Knowing the depth of the wall will help you make the proper decision in terms of which anchoring method to use and proper screw length.