Project · Winter Garden, FL · 2025-09-08
Grab Bar Installation in Winter Garden, FL
Two grab bars for a Winter Garden homeowner, including a horizontal bar on the painted wall beside the toilet.
What the customer needed
In early September 2025, a Winter Garden homeowner had us install two grab bars. Winter Garden sits out on the west side of Orange County, where the West Orange Trail runs right through the historic downtown on Plant Street. Sitting down and standing up from the toilet is one of the moves people struggle with most as balance or strength changes, and a towel bar or the edge of a counter is not built to take that weight.
The finished install
1. Finished. The horizontal bar beside the toilet.
What we did
One of the two bars is pictured. Beside the toilet, a horizontal bar is mounted on the painted drywall just above the toilet paper holder, at a height where it is easy to push off when standing up and to steady yourself when sitting down. On drywall, a bar has to be anchored into a stud, blocking, or fasteners rated for grab bar loads, never into the drywall alone. We supplied the bars, and both went in to our install standard below.
Our install standard
- Every bar secured into studs or blocking, or with fasteners rated for grab bar loads, so the installation holds 250 lb
- ADA guideline height (33 to 36 inches to the top of the bar) unless the customer’s needs differ
- Every hole sealed and every bar pull-tested before we leave
- Photos of the completed work, as proof for the customer and the warranty