Let's cut to the chase: Does your home bathroom need to be Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant? No. The ADA applies to public accommodations like government offices, retail stores and ...

Grab bars aren’t just safety devices for hospitals and public restrooms. In your own home, a strategically placed and solidly ...

It isn’t ADA-compliant, though. This compact grab bar doubles as a toilet-paper holder and is the most discreet option we found to add some extra security to your bathroom without advertising ...

Read on for detailed diagrams with the recommended measures to design an accessible bathroom. Although not yet covered in the ADA guidelines, according to ANSI, the bars must be incorporated ...

The Homewerk bath safety bar is 1.25 inch diameter and it is ADA compliant ... for individuals in need of assistance. The bathroom safety grab bar can be installed in a variety of positions ...

The Be-Line® range from DELABIE offers functional and aesthetic accessibility solutions including grab bars and lift-up shower ... accessories which matches the bathroom aesthetics.

My 83-year-old father’s new master bathroom was beautiful, with a frameless glass shower and handmade ceramic tile accents. Neither of us wanted to make it look institutional with a grab bar.

and the exhausted endurance athlete who just completed a hundred mile trail run can easily appreciate grab bars and a handheld showerhead in the bathroom. To get a fuller view of how much the ADA ...

Grab bars are available at home centers, lumber yards and many hardware stores. We've seen them in a brushed stainless steel and white enamel. For use in a tub/shower enclosure you can use either ...

He can navigate the shower fine, but forget about stepping over the edge of the tub. I vaguely remember you guys wrote about installing grab bars in a shower. My husband's always been a pretty ...

Still, I wondered what having a grab bar in the bathroom might do to the eventual resale value of the house. Turns out, it might just help it. A 2012 survey found that about half of those ages 55 ...