Can toggle bolts safely hold 70lb frameless shower doors in drywall?

brownhawk

I need dads who are renovation contractors or handymen. I am installing a frameless sliding shower door that sits on top of a tub. Each glass panel is 10 mm thick and weighs about 70 lb. Because the system is frameless, most of the weight rests on the top rail. The problem: the top rail mounts to the wall at both ends, but there is no stud—just porcelain tile and 1/2″ drywall. I found toggle bolts rated for 265 lb in 1/2″ drywall. Can I trust them? The glass panels are heavy. One panel is fixed; the sliding one just hangs. Any other suggestions would be welcomed.

Update: I installed the sliding doors this weekend. They are solid. I used snap toggle bolts for the wall mounts and silicone‑sealed the fixed panel. I won’t do chin‑ups or pull‑ups on the bar, but it feels solid enough to support about 130 lb of 1/2″ glass. Thank you for the reassurance. You guys are the best!

RANDOMKING87

You’ll be fine. Once you silicone it and it dries, it will never move.

KevTheRev

Contractor here. I’m genuinely glad you’ve got the right product it works great. I’d suggest buying two tile‑specific drill bits, too: one small one to make an initial pilot hole, then follow it with the correctly sized bit. You can do it with a normal masonry bit, but it’s so much easier to avoid chipping or breaking the tile with the right bits.

SpeedRamonJebb

Silicone is what gets the job done. We tore out a shower door the other day about 25 years old and it was held together with nothing but silicone, and it was such a pain to strip the walls and base.

Bort4Bro

Use the correct hardware for the door. Should have come with the right anchors

PoloPikachuKrush

Having installed the same door many times, I wonder if you’ll find it just fine, as my experience suggests. Once it’s set and you silicone it up, it seems there shouldn’t be any issues.

MiraByte42

These toggle bolts are def strong enough btw, I do apartment maintenance and reno and use ’em all the time, love ’em. The top rail’s just to keep ’em upright and from falling over, so it doesn’t really hold all that weight. It just keeps ’em standing.

infinaemouton

You'll be good with the toggle bolts and silicone