Project · Winter Park, FL · 2024-07-25
Grab Bar Installation in Winter Park, FL
Four grab bars for a Winter Park homeowner, covering the shower entry, the toilet and the inside of a tiled walk-in shower.
What the customer needed
In late July 2024, in the thick of a Central Florida summer, a Winter Park homeowner had us put four grab bars in one visit. Winter Park is a town of lakes, the ones the Scenic Boat Tour has been cruising since the 1930s, and plenty of its homes are older and well loved; the goal was a handhold at each spot where a slip is most likely: getting into the shower, standing in it, and getting up from the toilet.
The finished install
1. Finished. The diagonal bar beside the shower entry, outside the glass door. 
2. Finished. The horizontal bar beside the toilet. 
3. Finished. The long bar on the shower wall, above the corner bench.
What we did
Three of the four bars are pictured. Just outside the glass shower door, a diagonal bar is mounted on the painted, textured wall beside the shower entry, so there is something solid to hold while stepping in and out over the wet threshold. Beside the toilet, a horizontal bar on the painted wall gives a firm push-off when sitting down and standing up. Inside the shower, a long horizontal bar runs across the large travertine-look tile above the corner bench, a steady handhold while washing or moving to and from the seat. Every bar 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