In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:28:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 3/22/2020 9:12 AM, micky wrote:

I actually slipped** in the bathtub a couple weeks ago and fell, on my
back, beetween the tub and the toilet.

Fortunately not hurt at all, not dirty, not even disgusting.

But it's going to get harder in the next 10 or 20 years so I want a grab
bar.

What is the difference between stainless and peened, in terms of grab
bars, and which one is better for a bathtub? (For baths, fwiw. I
have a designated shower for showers.)

peened
https://www.amazon.com/Moen-R8924P-P...4882094&sr=8-4

stainless
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...DKIKX0DER&th=1



I have the peened. The stainless look prettier but the peened give a
little better grip, IMO.

This is the way Lowe's puts it, "Then decide whether the bar finish can
be a glossy piece of bathroom bling or if it needs to be textured for
better grip by wet hands."

I didn't see peened on Amazon and already bought smooth, but it's
specifcially marked returnable and I have 3 weeks to return it.

It's going to be close to perpendicular to my arm when I pull myself up.


Is it worth the trouble to get the peened version?? If you were me.




Consider putting on or two in the shower also. Both my showers are
large so there is a long bar in the back and a shorter bar at the
entrance.

My back and entrance are practically at the same place.

My big problem in the shower is when the shampoo gets in my eyes and I
close them. Then I start to fall over. I may switch back to baby
shampoo to avoid this.

The small shower is 60" and the master bath is 80". We have
no tub.

I also had bars put in the water closet. My wife needed them to get up
and down but I use them too.

You can find where they should be located on line. For a tub, I'd want a

I didn't think to look there! Quite helpful.

vertical bar to help getting in and then a horizontal bar to help
getting up and down. My vertical bars are 18".

This area has a large older population and I just called Mr Grab Bar and
he installed them for a reasonable price.

So two clues that you're in Florida.



The tub has always seemed risky. The bottom sides are curved, so one
has to stand maybe 3" from the where the outer wall would be if it were
straight up and down, and then the wall itself is 2+" thick. Then when
you lift one leg to put it down on the floor and you have all your
weight one one leg but outside the tub, 8" from the foot one is standing
one, the "horizontal moment" (is that the term?) the horizontal force of
a primarily vertical force is pretty strong, pushing the leg one is
standing on further into the tub. I've slipped a couple inches many
times, just as the other foot lands on the floor.

And the cleaner the tub is, the slicker it is. I told my mother that's
why I kept it dirty, for safety. I don't remember her answer. I can
only imagine a wife's answer.