Grab Bars in a Shower Stall

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Arnie Goetchius:

I would say the real issue is what happens when/if it comes loose when somebody grabs it - either for balance or to break a fall.

Waaaaay beyond "Interesting".

[Arnie Goetchius]

I plan to grab it every day just to see if it has come loose. I don't need it yet, just planning for the future.

[Tom Turquía]

Wouldn't it be less effort to just properly install a grab bar?

[VinnyB]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:03:21 +0000, Stormin' Norman wrote in

This has been a very popular thread; no doubt because of all the old crips in here. Another topic that I think you oldies would be interested in is "walkers"

Lots of nice one there.

Good luck.

[Arnie Goetchius]

I'd like to do that eventually. Use of this device gives me a chance to determine where I would actually want to install the grab bar. One issue is that this grab bar would go on the wall where the shower head and faucet handles are located and I'm not sure where the studs are.

[DerbyDad03]

In some houses, there is an access panel on the other side of the faucet wa ll so the shower plumbing can be serviced. If you have an access panel, you should be able to see the studs. If not, you could open the wall and then add a trimmed out access panel for future use.

You can make your own and trim it out to match your other trim or you can buy pre-made access panels, e.g.

Obviously, the location of the panel and how it fits in with the layout of your rooms would factor into that decision.

[Ed Pawlowski]

You may find it best mounted vertical to hold as you enter/exit the shower.

[clare]

That's what I did. One thing I DON'T need is my wife saying "I told you so" when either she or I are laid up after a slip/fall and the bar comes loose in hand!!!!

"Do it ONCE, do it RIGHT"

[Arnie Goetchius]

That is what I have done. My wife sits in a chair when taking a shower so it will help her get up from the chair with it installed vertically

[DerbyDad03]

You are going to install a suction cup mount so your wife can pull herself up and out of her chair?

Methinks that's a really terrible idea.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I agree with that. It may work, but they are designed to steady yourself, not to act as a pull bar.

My wife uses the horizontal bar in back of the shower when getting up.

[Arnie Goetchius]

To be more precise, she will get up out of the chair using the arms of the chair to help her stand up. After she opens the shower door, she will then use the grab bar to steady herself as she walks out of the shower.

[DerbyDad03]

Wow! That's quite different from "it will help her get up from the chair".

Interesting.

[Arnie Goetchius]

Correct. Should have explained the details this first time around

[CRNG]

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[Arnie Goetchius]

Arnie Goetchius 85

[Ed Pawlowski]

In that case, it will work well.

[DerbyDad03]

Until it doesn't.

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per CRNG:

Pete Cresswell: 75.

Geeze, and I thought *I* was the old guy....

[Tekkie®]

Oren posted for all of us...

But that's not a life safety issue...

Wait a minute, it was with the maroon who climbed Trump tower. Of he safetied off every time so I don't know how confident he was.