Comments on: Should A Home Bar Be Secured To The Floor

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:56:43 +0000

In reply to Scott.

Hi Scott, I am not sure what you mean about radiant heat and water tubing depth in the floor. Let me know more details about what you mean, and if I can help then I will.
Cheers
Rob

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:18:10 +0000

What if there is radiant heat in the floor and the depth of the water tubing is unknown?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:54:56 +0000

In reply to Mark Damico.

Hi Mark,
Your bar sounds very much like the one I built for my pub shed, sounds good. I had every intention of fixing my bar to the floor and the wall. However once the bar was finished I found the weight of it didn’t justify fixing to either the wall or floor. It has been in place for over two years now and not moved at all. Being an L shape makes it stable so there is no rocking at all when anyone leans against it.

I would see what your bar feels like once built, can you move it easily? Is it stable in all directions (no rocking)? If so, like me there may be no need to fix to floor or wall.

But if you would prefer to fix to the floor anyway, you can leave the tiles in place as long as you use a proper tile drill to drill through the tiles so as not to chip or crack the tiles. I think a minimum of 4″ in depth will be sufficient.

I hope this helps and if you have any further question then let me know.

Enjoy your bar, cheers
Rob

By: Mark Damico

Mark Damico — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:09:51 +0000

I’m building an L-shaped bar with a 12″ wide base in my basement. The short part of the L will be 48″ long (this will give me a minimum of 30″ behind the bar with the bar top being 15-16′ wide. This portion will be anchored to the wall. The long side of the L will be 6ft long. The floor is 12″ square ceramic tile over concrete.
Two questions:
First, do I need to anchor the long side of the L to the floor?
If so, should I remove a row of tiles so that I can drill directly into the concrete? If not, how long should the anchors be to go far enough into the concrete to hold? (1-3/4″ wood plus 1/2″ tile/thinset plus ?)

Thanks.