Grab Bars: Important Tips to Ensure Bathroom Safety

A bathroom remodeling project shouldn’t only focus on aesthetics but also on functionality and convenience. If you are living with senior family members or individuals with limited mobility issues, you must incorporate the aspects of safety and independence in your design plan. Reliable Design-Build-Remodel, your local exterior services contractor, shares the following tips about grab bars and other safety measures to help you get started.

Install Grab Bars

The elderly members of your family can keep their independence when they use the bathroom if there are grab bars to support them whenever they sit or stand up. Make sure they’re installed around the tub, in the shower area and next to the toilet.

Ensure Adequate Lighting

A well-lit bathroom allows seniors, particularly those with failing eyesight, and individuals with mobility issues to see clearly while inside. Apart from a strategically placed window that lets natural light in, a perfect mix of ambient and task lighting is necessary so they can easily perform their tasks, especially at night.

Replace Knobs With Levers

The elderly can have difficulty using their hands due to certain musculoskeletal conditions. Bathroom and kitchen remodel pros recommend replacing doorknobs with lever handles. Do the same for faucets and shower knobs.

Use Slip-Resistant Mats in Addition to Grab Bars

Slip-and-fall accidents are among the leading causes of injuries in households, especially those with elderly family members. Make sure the bathroom is safe from fall hazards by placing rubber-backed, non-slip mats near the shower, tub and door. If your budget allows it, you can replace the bathroom’s current flooring with a slip-resistant one.

Reliable Design-Build-Remodel is a full service general construction firm and remodeling contractor operating in the Birmingham metro and Jefferson and Shelby County areas and surrounding communities, including Birmingham, Helena, Chelsea, Mountain Brook, Hoover, Homewood, Montevallo, Alabaster, Vestavia Hills, and Pelham, with over 30 years of servicing our valued clients. Offering full service suite of general remodeling, design and build services. Our specialties include bathroom remodeling, kitchen remod eling, exterior renovations, interior renovations, painting, and more!