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   In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:33:10 -0000 (UTC), Cindy   
   Hamilton  wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-07-27, micky  wrote:   
   >> In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0000 (UTC), Cindy   
   >> Hamilton  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 2025-07-25, micky  wrote:   
   >>>> In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:12:29 -0000 (UTC), Cindy   
   >>>> Hamilton  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>On 2025-07-25, Ed P  wrote:   
   >>>>>> Grab bars for the bathroom have come up here in the past.  Many of the   
   >>>>>> regulars here are getting older, so, think about it!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>We added one in the shower this past spring: horizontal across the   
   >>>>>back of the enclosure.  There already was a vertical bar lagged into   
   >>>>>the stud nearest the shower door opening.   
   >>>   
   >>>>>I've tried to use a towel bar a couple of times when bending down   
   >>>>>to pick up the bath mat.  That didn't go well, but there aren't   
   >>>>>studs well located to replace it with a grab bar.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Then what you do is put a strong piece of wood 4 or 6 x 14 or 20" , or   
   >>>> whatever, between two studs and mount the grab bar to it. I'll bet one   
   >>>> can make the wood look pretty.   
   >>>   
   >>>If we wanted to go to that much work, we could just replace the   
   >>>drywall afterward.  In 2016 we stripped the bathroom to the studs   
   >>>and put it all back.  This is alt.home.repair, after all.   
   >>   
   >> Replace the drywall afterward?   After what?  Putting the plywood inside   
   >> the wall?  You think that's not much mor work than outide?   
   >   
   >Not plywood.  2x4 or 4x4 between the studs.   
   >   
   >> Are you saying my suggestion is a lot of work, or not much work?  It's   
   >> hard to tell.   
   >   
   >I'm saying your suggestion is wrong.  First, you didn't specify   
   >plywood.   
      
   Users have to put some effort into deciding what to do. .   
      
   > Second, I don't want some janky-looking plywood in   
      
   As I said, you should be clever enough to make it look nice, not junky.   
   If you can't, do it the hard way that you clearly didn't want to do.   
      
   >the middle of the wall (nor does my husband).  Third, plywood   
   >under that kind of stress won't hold screws as well as dimensional   
   >lumber.   
      
   It would be more than strong enough.   
      
   What you said was "If we wanted to go to that much work, we could just   
   replace the drywall afterward".  Just?  You make it sound like your plan   
   was no more work than mine. But you'd already made clear you didn't want   
   to take the wall apart again, so I'm giving you an easier way.  If you   
   don't see that, at least other readers will.   
      
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