Avoid These 5 Showers at ALL Costs (One Sends People to the ER)

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  @lindabirmingham603 · 1 month ago

  My 88 year old step-father fell between the toilet and the tub and was stuck there until his son-in-law found him 2 days later.

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  @hokeypokeypots · 1 month ago

  I&apos;m 75 years old and have used a clawfoot tub all of my life. &nbsp;When I bought another home a few years ago, I took my old tub with me, since the people who bought my home didn&apos;t want it. &nbsp;I got rid of a large fiberglass alcove tub/shower combo with sliding glass doors, had the floor retiled and put a window in the alcove with the clawfoot tub under it.<br><br>I also bought a Drive grab bar that screws onto the side of the tub for extra safety. &nbsp;The tub isn&apos;t slippery because after almost a century, the gloss has worn off the porcelain. &nbsp;I also have separate hot and cold knobs so that I can better control the flow and temperature of the water.<br><br>I have four other bathrooms in the house, two with tubs and two with showers only, but only one shower has lever-controlled water, but I bought a handheld shower unit with a trickle setting so that I don&apos;t have to shut the water off while I soap myself. <br><br>I put plastic stools in the showers, since they&apos;re small stalls and didn&apos;t come with built-in seating...but small shower stalls are safer than large ones, since if you do fall, the walls will help break your fall. &nbsp;One of the shower stalls has a glass booth, while the other has a shower curtain.<br><br>I always use a small washable rug when I get out of the tub or shower, which is safer than stepping on wet tiles. &nbsp;That&apos;s should be a no-brainer.<br><br>I&apos;d never install a shower enclosure that&apos;s floor level, since if they&apos;re not done right, they can leak and cost you a lot of money in water damage and mold removal in the floor and walls.

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  @josephgaviota · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb0cMrRIFo&amp;t=678">11:18</a> &nbsp;Well, that 3&quot; curb is <i>NOTHING</i> to step over compared to the 20+&quot; stepover for a tub.

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• TE

  @Terrathrax · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb0cMrRIFo&amp;t=1341">22:21</a>: No villain here? Wrong, the villain is always the subcontractors.

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• PC

  @pcno2832 · 1 month ago

  I&apos;ve been using the same step-over tub/shower for 35 years and even during a bout of sciatica, the stepping didn&apos;t bother me. But I should add that the Mondrian tiled floor is annoyingly rough, greatly reducing any trip hazard. The 4.25&quot; wall tiles are also easy to clean with the hand-held shower and they&apos;ve never gotten moldy. One thing I wish were different, and it&apos;s a common flaw, as shown at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb0cMrRIFo&amp;t=196">3:16</a>, is that the faucet and controls are on the end obscured by the vanity and toilet, and the contoured, slippery end is the only place to enter. It would be a lot safer and more convenient if the tub were reversed, but the builder decided on this in 1958 to save $25 on piping. I&apos;d advise anyone building a new tub/shower installation to make sure the fixtures are on the most accessible end of the tub and pay whatever extra it costs to plumb it that way.

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• DW

  @dwaynejones1555 · 1 month ago

  Suction grab bars in a pinch.

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  @AMarshallCBU · 1 month ago (edited)

  The video has many good points, and here are some additional thoughts for a bathroom remodel: &nbsp;1). Choosing rectified tile for minimal grout lines with 2). epoxy grout for the tile to solve grout issues. &nbsp;3). Install ShowerGuard rain glass by Guardian Glass to resist mineral spots. &nbsp;If you already have untreated shower glass, 4). spray clean glass with Rainex from time to time, and the water will bead up. Reapply when the water quits beading. For all showers, still squeegee the glass and tile, but it should take less time with either of these solutions. &nbsp;5). For the shower, build a 45&quot; tiled pony wall (or your favorite height) with the glass mounted on the top instead of full glass. &nbsp;This cuts down the glass to be cleaned, adds privacy, and gives a place to put shower controls &nbsp;as you enter the shower and a hidden niche for shampoo bottles. A bonus is that the ledge on the pony wall can be designed with a cap or ledge as an extra balance point inside the shower, plus a grab bar or two can be added there but be out of sight. &nbsp;An ingenious product is the Delta sliding shower rod for their handheld sprayers that offer support as if it were a grab bar. They also have designer grab bars that are prettier and less bulky than those shown in the videos. &nbsp;No doubt other brands do too. We just went with Delta. &nbsp;All bars must have blocking behind them as the video states. Thank you for the well-presented video!

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• JO

  @josephgaviota · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb0cMrRIFo&amp;t=600">10:00</a> &nbsp;I replaced a tub/shower/framed sliding glass doors with a walk-in shower, frameless glass, seven feet tall.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; I had (for 20+ years) squeegeed the glass, so I was SURPRISED how much more area to cover it was !!!<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; Old glass was say 5&apos;6&quot; tall (I had to duck to get in/out), and of course it stopped at the 26&quot; tall tub level.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; New glass goes from SEVEN FEET tall, to about 3&quot; tall at the bottom ... so WAY MORE squeegee work!<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; However, I still do it, and the glass looks great ... and I think it&apos;s worth the minute after each shower to keep it in shape.

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• JO

  @johnblaine1479 · 1 month ago (edited)

  Small textured tiles on a shower floor has more grout &nbsp;and consequently more grip points for wet feet so is safer. Cleaning verses safety. I know which I would prefer. Kmart etc sell cheap rubber sucker adhesive mats for in the shower and to step on to when exiting the shower. Grandma always had a safe floor mat beside the shower. Cheap carpet square. Wash or throw away when desired. Raised edge to the shower is easy to step over and stops the danger of a wet floor. A horizontal towel rail right outside the shower can also function as a safety &nbsp;rail ( or visa versa) . All these without spending a fortune following fashion trends that impress guests.

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• CA

  @calvinfleming1481 · 1 month ago

  Wonderful, &nbsp;very informative video on shower safety..! ❤💯

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  @klairepatterson8873 · 1 month ago

  Those tubs with the wide rim are great to SIT on THEN swing ONE of your legs around /over and straddle that wall of tub, then the other..... why would you need to lift your whole leg up that high and possibly catch your foot coming or going. or just loosing your balance? there&apos;s something to be said about that extra framed tile outside of the rimmed tub, making it even wider to sit on.

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  @SuperChidore · 1 month ago

  I just renovated a bathroom in an 80s condo. I managed to lower the shower kerb a couple of inches, but rebuilding the floor as required for a flat walk in was impossible. &nbsp;This video chastises people over that but fails to mention how critical the floor slope is