Grab Bars and Moldy Silacone
One common place grab bars go overlooked are vertically on your wall, next to your showers entrance, assisting in stepping over the curb…of course curbless showers are ideal for folks with limimited or compromised mobility, a vertical grab can be a great safety feature at a fraction of the cost,
Grab bars inside the shower can also add extra safety, especially if one needs to sit in a shower chair, this grab bar helps lower and raise oneself in and out of the shower chair,
Many homes in our area have Fiberglass Shower surrounds that have hollow voids behind them, and require a grab installation kit to fill the void, without this kit your grab will be unsafe,
Another area often overlooked is black mold under your silscone, over time water gets behind the silacone used to seal your shower door or around your tub, this needs to be removed an redone periodically, because, no matter how much you try to get it off with different cleaners and scrubbers, it is under the silacone an will not come off,
There are silacones now that are water ready in 30 minutes,
So,
Get those grab bars now, one fall can change it all, and re-do the moldy silacone in your shower and bath and stop trying to scub it away!
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