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Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a carrier?
It braces rather than cantilevers.
The bath or tray stands on its own feet.
So nothing is being hung off the wall.
The element steadies and levels it.
And gives fixings something to reach.
What actually needs the support then?
Everything fixed to the wall beside it.
A bath screen or a shower door.
A grab rail, a riser rail, a seat.
Tiled plasterboard holds none of them.
That is the real reason these exist.
Why is a fold-down seat different?
Because it is structural again.
An adult's full weight on a cantilever.
Applied dynamically, when sitting down.
Used by people least able to take a fall.
It needs a rated element, positioned first.
Can a seat be added to a finished wall?
Not in any meaningful way.
There is nothing behind the board.
And no fixing into board will hold it.
The support has to precede the wall.
Which makes it a design decision.
Why does levelling need a support element?
Because the error tolerated is tiny.
A few millimetres over the length.
Is the difference between draining and not.
Or draining towards the wrong end.
The element sets it and holds it.
What moves if the edge is unsupported?
The edge itself, under load.
A bath full of water plus a person.
Is far heavier than an empty one.
An unsupported edge deflects then.
Which cracks the seal at the tiles.
What about a genuinely wall-hung bath?
Then it is a carrier again.
The load returns to a cantilever.
With a rating for the filled weight.
Plus whoever is in it.
Specify it as a carrier, not as bracing.