S12aE21 - Moen brand Grab Bar Example (I didn't anticipate that.)

This is a companion video – the You Can Do It video on grab bars. In the first one, I used standard grab bars. They look just fin to me but some might think they are a little plain or commercial looking. I don’t really need them now, but Parachute Theory applies (better to have them and not need them than need them and not need them).

So these Moen brand “designer” bars are not a direct match to the Moen series throughout the main bathroom. The bathroom itself is small (ahh just like I like them) and difficult to actually install them far enough forward of the end of the bowl. So the vertical bars by a water closet are generally there to pull up from the seated position. The horizontal bars are for pulling yourself close to the toilet and steadying the user on the way down.

With the window and short wing wall (there to allow the electrical and light-fan switch) I can’t really get a single long horizontal bar, a diagonal bar or a bent bar o either the left or the right. So using the arm length, the vertical bar needed to go higher than normal. Also, I didn’t want the vertical bar to be a nuisance in reaching for the light-fan controls.

I will re-do the floor and at that time, put a ADA toilet in. I actually knew the Moen Secure Mount would not work in an exterior wall, but you may not have. Moen doesn’t actually do a great job on pointing that out if you ask me. I did, and actually got them to add an entry bar to the fiberglass shower/tub.

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