"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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Robert Green wrote:
I've got to install some grab bars in the shower for mom. I've seen the
kind that mount with suction cups but we need something sturdier.

Can anyone who has installed some give me pointers? I am thinking what
I
will need would be a:

level
drill
caulk
stud finder
measuring tape

and that I should look for the kind with long screws that will bite into
the
(hopefully) wooden studs that should be mounted on 16" centers. I'd
appreciate any thoughts or input and/or sources for the grab bars. Not
sure
if the local Home Depot or Lowe's handles such things. I bought clamp
on
tub bars there, but don't recall seeing screw-in bars.

TIA

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Bobby G.





They have them at Home Depot, in several styles and lengths.

I'm remodeling my bathroom, and at the back of the tub where the towel
rack goes I put a medium-duty grab bar that *looks* like a towel rack.
And on the side wall where the soap dish normally goes, instead I put a
heavy-duty grab bar (that looks like a grab bar) for Wife and DD to line
up all their bottles of shampoo on.

Both had long wood screws to fasten to the framing. You're supposed to
make sure 2 of the 3 screws at each end go into a stud. HTH :-)

We're probably going to end up having a contractor do it that's already done
several others in my mother's condo. But it's nice to know what to look
for. Thanks!

--
Bobby G.


Bob