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Installing horizontal ADA grab bar in bathroom when the length of the bar does not match the distance between the studs?
I am planning to install horizontal and vertical ADA grab bars in my father's house as he recently had a stroke and needs additional aid for lifting himself up out of his wheelchair/off of the toilet. After reading online, it seems that the general recommendation is to attach these grab bars to the studs and not to use drywall anchors to attach these types of bars to the wall (make sense). The problem is: the grab bars I'm seeing at Home Depot and Lowes come in 18", 24", and 36" and the studs are located 16" apart so with these size bars, I can hit a stud on one side of the bar when installing horizontally, but I will probably miss the stud on the other side of the bar. I'm thinking of getting some lumber and attaching like a 2x6 over the drywall across multiple studs and then attaching the grab bar to the new lumber. The grab bars are intended to be temporary so assuming my father is able to recover and not need to use the bars (fingers crossed), our plans are to remove everything in the future. Does something like this make sense or should I be attaching the horizontal grab bars to the wall using a different method? submitted by /u/Blankman06 [link] [comments]
I am planning to install horizontal and vertical ADA grab bars in my father's house as he recently had a stroke and needs additional aid for lifting himself up out of his wheelchair/off of the toilet. After reading online, it seems that the general recommendation is to attach these grab bars to the studs and not to use drywall anchors to attach these types of bars to the wall (make sense).
The problem is: the grab bars I'm seeing at Home Depot and Lowes come in 18", 24", and 36" and the studs are located 16" apart so with these size bars, I can hit a stud on one side of the bar when installing horizontally, but I will probably miss the stud on the other side of the bar. I'm thinking of getting some lumber and attaching like a 2x6 over the drywall across multiple studs and then attaching the grab bar to the new lumber. The grab bars are intended to be temporary so assuming my father is able to recover and not need to use the bars (fingers crossed), our plans are to remove everything in the future.
Does something like this make sense or should I be attaching the horizontal grab bars to the wall using a different method?
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