Creating the Handicap Accessible Bathroom: Showers and Tubs, Sinks, Mirrors, and Faucets, and Grab Bars
The previous article about accessibility described modifying bathroom entrances, flooring, and toilets to create a barrier-free environment. As you recall, the goal is to create an unrestricted, comfortable environment for both disabled and non-disabled people. Next, let’s consider what you can do about some other common bathroom elements: showers and bathtubs, sinks, faucets and mirrors, [...]
What Tub Shower Combinations are Available?
Tub and shower combination units do exactly what the name implies – they provide you with the benefits of both a tub and a shower in the same floor space. If you feel like soaking away the stress of the day by surrounding yourself with hot water, fill up the tub and relax away. If [...]
Shower Grab Bars
A grab bar in your shower or your bathtub can greatly reduce the risk of you ever falling on the slippery surface. Not only is water slippery, but the soaps that you use have a tendency to build up on the shower floor, causing a very slimy residue that can become incredibly slick when it’s [...]
Handicap Accessible Showers
If you are elderly, physically disabled, or handicapped, getting in and out of the shower can often times be a real hassle for you, or at other times, almost completely impossible. The good news for you is that there are now solutions to this problem, as more and more shower basin manufacturers are investing time [...]
Showerheads
Whether you spell it showerhead or shower head, installing a new one can do more for you than just fixing that slow running, or even leaky shower head you have been using for the last few years. How many times have you tried to remove the buildup that grows around the exit of the shower [...]
