Bathroom remodel for senior safety
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Sandra M
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Have to replace the flooring (all of it, not just the surface!) due to water damage. Bathroom is about 14 x 14'. I want to replace the toilet and / or the shower and the jacuzzi with senior safe items. Any suggestions?
4 answers
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I bought a Toto brand universal height toilet. I paid more but do not regret one penny. It has a quiet and forceful flush. I left the tub as it was. It would have cost half what the house was worth to remove and then replace with an equivalent quality cast iron tub. I'll just make do when I'm really old.
Judy Parkey
on May 29, 2014
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I am a 72 year old woman and I re-did my whole bathroom, myself, no help. I replaced the toilet with a higher one, easy on Seniors, and put in a new vanity and floor ing. It's not difficult. Just removed all the flooring you have and see if the sub-flooring is still good. If it is, you need not replace that. You don't say exactly what you need help with..... ???? Just let me encourage you that plumbing isn't that difficult. If I can do it, you can!
Tegma
on May 30, 2014
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Replace the toilet with a higher one, also remove the shower and jacuzzi. Replace them with a walk-in or roll-in shower, with a door wide enough for a wheel chair, and/or with a built-in seat and ample grab bars and a showerhead can be either fixed or handheld
266335
on Jul 12, 2014
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Here is some useful information about living in place that will help you. http://www.nahb.org/reference_list.aspx?sectionID=717 Besides the obvious modifications such as grab rails, non-slip surfaces things such as bright lights and solid surface colors play an important roll in doing any improvement where a senior will be staying. Do not worry about the bathroom looking hospital like, there are hundreds of designs that will make the bath look like a show case while including all the safety and ease of use features us older folks need to have. Even if we do not want to admit to it.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Jul 27, 2014
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