Installation Instruction Manual

Grab Bar Product Information
& Installation Instructions
All close-clearance, wall-mounted straight bars have been designed
and manufactured to support loads in excess of all applicable federal
load specifications when properly installed. The actual "in use" load
bearing capacity of any grab bar, however, will be limited by the
strength of its mounting surface and installation hardware.
It is recommended that grab bars be installed using 2" minimum
thickness "in wall" solid wood backing material with #10 x 2" stainless
steel, Phillips-head, sheet metal screws, or using a wall embedded,
minimum 12 ga. (2.8 mm) steel anchor plate with #10-24 stainless
steel machine screws. When mounting on toilet partitions, the use of
3" (76 mm) dia., 16-ga (1.6 mm), stainless steel, "through-wall" anchor
disks are recommended
.
The recommended center-line height for installation of straight bars is
33"-36" above the finished floor.
Under no circumstances should any grab bar be mounted to drywall,
sheetrock, plaster, fiberglass, acrylic, or other similar “hollow” wall
surfaces without appropriate wood or steel backing material.