Shower liner thickness????? Flatscreen Tv Mount install?

[bbouw22]

I have a 1998 290 SD and I want to hang a small flatscreen TV on the back side of my bathroom/ shower stall, facing the forward vberth.
Anyone know how much thickness I will have here to drive screws in this area. Last thing I want to do is have the screws come right threw into the bathroom/shower area, but on the other hand, want to use something as beefy a possbile so the TV never falls off while under way from waves pounding.
Anyone have an ideas or experience here??? Please help

 

[tobnpr]

Completely different boat, but same situation here. I knew that the bulkhead separating the stateroom and the shower was 3/4" plywood (then the fiberglass liner on the back side). I wouldn't use self tapping screws with anything less than 3/4" backing. If yours is thinner, I'd go with small stainless bolts and finish washers on the head side (nylon locking nuts and washers on the tv mount), apply some caulk to keep the holes watertight, and through-bolt it instead.

 

[fc3]

I have a 1998 290 SD and I want to hang a small flatscreen TV on the back side of my bathroom/ shower stall, facing the forward vberth.

Is there enough room on a SunDeck?

 

[bbouw22]

Is there enough room on a SunDeck?

My boat is a SunDancer, guess I should have used 'DA' as my abbreviation.

 

[bbouw22]

Completely different boat, but same situation here. I knew that the bulkhead separating the stateroom and the shower was 3/4" plywood (then the fiberglass liner on the back side). I wouldn't use self tapping screws with anything less than 3/4" backing. If yours is thinner, I'd go with small stainless bolts and finish washers on the head side (nylon locking nuts and washers on the tv mount), apply some caulk to keep the holes watertight, and through-bolt it instead.

Thought about this set up. with bolting it thru, but I want to mount up high closer to headliner, and the shower liner is curved at the top??? My biggest fear is the tv mount pulling out of the wall. Hopefully someone has already done this and can drop me a line with their success?

 

[MikeS]

We just hung a 32" on our 460 this way - thru bolted the 4 bolts through the shower wall into the tv, caulked and put screw caps on them. Considered other approaches but thought this to be most secure under way and didn't want to try to hang a mount that would move around. I'll snap pics tomorrow.

Mike

 

[Dave S]

I put an A/C duct in my head and used a hole saw to cut thru both the shower stall and the panel on the outside. The inner area is the actual shower stall itself and that was 3/8 of an inch thick. The panel on the outside of the stall is 1/2 inch thick but you will also notice there is an air gap between the two. (By the way, I have those cut outs from the hole saw that I used here at home and just measured them so those numbers are actual thicknesses). I hope this helps.

 

[fc3]

I needed to change the wiring for the light in the head. Sea Ray wires the light such that the cabin light switch must be on for the light in the head to work, which is dumb. While running new wiring, I found little backing to the fiberglass of the enclosure on one side. However, on the other side, Sea Ray installed a grab rail that is quite secure. Depends on what section of the bulkhead you select, but over all, unless Sea Ray already has something mounted in that area, I'd choose not to mount anything that requires a strong base.

Your mileage may vary.

 

[bbouw22]

thanks to all for your responses, ideas and help. I think thru-bolting it will be the best and safest option.

 

[MikeS]

We thru-bolted both of these units....still experimenting with how to get rid of the wiring track on the large one in the salon - not sure if that's possible...this old boat's vinyl backing in the shower on the opposite side was stuck to fiberglass with adhesive and then re-glued to the plywood...not a lot of room to run all the cables for SAT, from the GPS, xBox, etc.