Here is the photo of the minicloset/tub surround supporting wall I made in a home last year. I am very happy with the results, I had hired a guy to figure out the repair, and he kept delaying getting it done, and I ended-up figuring it out myself! woman with power tools and a tape measure.....
Brenda
How we did the job: (and some how we should have done it lol)
1 Installed the shelf bracket strips on mobile home walls
2. Painted mobile home bathroom walls and brackets.
3. Installed the shelf bracket strips on the board that was going
to be the tub surround wall
4. Painted that board and brackets
5. slid the wall into place. secure to floor and ceiling.
6. Measured, cut, trimmed a little (lol) and installed the front
braces, placing them so they hit the stud in the
mh outside wall.
7. Made shelf templates out of cardboard, cut shelf boards out of
3/4 inch plywood I had left over (each shelf was a little different dimension. Painted, tilted them on angle, slid in and dropped into place
8. Measure for towel rack, fasten two by four on closet wall,
9. Install tub surround. let dry
10. install towel rack across from the 2 by 4, hitting the
2x4 with the anchors
11. add trim pieces, used waterproof white pvs molding
enjoy......
(actually, it was use mineral spirits to remove tub surround glue drips lol)
Brenda