Shower Grab Bars Reddit

Sound advice from the previous poster. While you are at it, install grab bars near all toilets. If your dad needs grab bars in the shower but not yet for other areas, be preemptive.

Look also at areas where there are not hand rails, such as the couple of steps from the garage to the house. Explain it to your dad that it makes sense to have this work done now while the carpenter is going to be. Re: Installing grab bars in fiberglass shower stall by Shallowpockets Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:00 pm I googled shower bars and shower bars no studs popped up as a choice.

So go there and look at that stuff and then get back to us. Introduction: Grab bars are a vital accessory for enhancing bathroom safety, especially within the shower area. They provide stability and support, reducing the risk of slips and falls while bathing.

However, many people wonder whether a grab bar can be installed in any shower or if certain conditions must be met. I have a 2017, 315RLTS and would like to install a Grab Bar on the back (outside) wall of the Shower. I know that it won't be able to support a lot of weight, it will be used more for stability.

Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks! Exploring the idea of installing grab bars in your shower is essential because they offer a blend of safety and style to your bathroom décor. These are my unique design concepts made using design tools.

I hope you find them inspiring! Technically, you can put them whereever there's support (enough meat behind the wall for the bar to be attached to). However, search for "ADA Guidelines for Grab Bars" and you'll find the actual recommended standards of how many bars to install and where.

Just signed a lease with an elderly couple planning to make this a long term rental. They would like grab bars installed for safety. Won't cost much, maybe $200 for all the bars in multiple bathrooms plus $150 for a handyman to knock it out.

Told them we could split the cost, just curious what everyone's thoughts are. Share Add a Comment Sort by: Top Open comment sort options Best Top New. The best and in my experience only way to safely drill through all and any tile is with a diamond bit.

Here they cost about $20 and will drill any kind of tile including porcelain. If by great and unlikely good luck you can mount the grab bar on the grout lines, a masonry bit will do. And for safety with grab bars, you must attach them to something very solid.

Ideally the enclosure is framed. Grab bars in the shower are awesome and should be a necessity. Yeah, I know there are ugly, but a shower is a part of a home that we spray with water and then cover ourselves in slippery soap.

SqueakyBall How to choose grab bars and determine placement when remodeling bathrooms? This is for a shower and a tub/shower. No one is in a wheelchair but everyone is getting older. The ADA info that I can find focuses on placement for people in wheelchairs.

Appreciate any help. Thank you.