Aging in place means staying in your own home safely as you get older, and the bathroom is the most important room to get right, since it is where most falls happen. You do not need a full remodel to make a big difference. Here are the features that matter most and where to start.
If budget is tight, start with the highest impact change: replacing a hard to enter tub with a low step walk in shower or a walk in tub, and adding grab bars and a seat. These remove the riskiest moments, stepping over a wall and standing on a slick surface. You can add other features over time.
Choose features that work now and later. A curbless shower that fits a shower chair today can take a wheelchair down the road. Low maintenance walls stay safe and clean with less effort. Tubbs by Grubbs designs the bathroom around real mobility needs and installs it with our own trained team, backed by a lifetime workmanship warranty.
A safe walk in shower or walk in tub typically runs about $14,000 to $25,000 installed, and a fuller accessible bathroom remodel runs more depending on scope. See the cost index for typical ranges across our service area, and get an exact price from a free in home estimate.
Removing the tub wall you have to step over is the biggest one, either with a low step walk in shower or a walk in tub, paired with grab bars and a seat. That addresses the most common cause of bathroom falls.
Yes. Grab bars must be anchored into solid backing so they hold real weight, not just screwed into drywall. Tubbs by Grubbs installs bars that are mounted to hold up under actual use.
Often yes. Converting the tub to a walk in shower and adding a seat, grab bars, and a handheld sprayer can be done as a focused project, usually in one to two days, without redoing the whole room.
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