Thank you. How would you permanently install a shower curtain rod? (Googling now.)

I’m pretty sure I want to install it in the tiled area. Will probably do 1/8” grout lines.

I cancelled the pencil order. Don’t want chipped tile.

My shower tension rod has never fallen down in the 15 years it has been installed.

If you do permanently install one, make sure there is wood blocking where you want to install it and don't rely on anchors.

Found one that installs like a towel rack.

I’d like to make something like this that I can tile around.

I suppose it could be made of wood with lots of varnish since it will be higher than 6’. My tiles are 4” high, so I could make a flange that is the same height. Trying to avoid drilling into tile when the shower curtain rod needs to be changed out.

Still googling to get ideas. Some shower curtain rods are too pricey.

I will bathe the dogs in this tub. Might be worth getting a fixed rod. They have been known to rebel and squirm.

I can install extra wood blocking in the stud wall and put wood behind the flange to meet the tile, if the flange is square.

I found these flanges. This is a look I was going for. Square would not have worked with the other fixtures. Hopefully I can use my existing tension rod for the rod.

I might do a 1/4” vertical grout line where they are to be installed, or just dedicate a smaller easier-to-replace tile on each side in case the flanges need to be replaced in the future.

I’ll need to use anchors anyway, even if I have screws that go all the way into the studs, correct? Otherwise the screws may flex once they are out of the wood and into the backerboard and tile and degrade it.

I only did this once before for a doorstop in a tiled floor. I think I used a 1/4” diamond bit, lots of water and an anchor. It went through tile and backerboard into a plywood subfloor.