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Curbless & Accessibility guides
Level entries, structural feasibility, grab-bar blocking and long-term usability.
Can My House Have a Curbless Shower?
Whether a curbless shower is possible depends on your floor structure, not your budget. Wood framing over a crawlspace or an accessible ceiling usually allows the shower floor to be recessed between the joists. Slab-on-grade construction requires either saw-cutting a recess into the slab or raising the surrounding floor. Where neither is acceptable, a low-profile single-step threshold is the honest alternative.
Updated 2026-08-16Grab-Bar Blocking: The Cheapest Thing You Will Ever Regret Skipping
Grab bars carry real, sudden loads and must be fastened to solid blocking installed while the wall is open. Anchors set into tile and drywall fail exactly when the bar is needed. Adding blocking during a shower build costs a small amount of lumber and an hour of framing; adding it afterwards means removing tile, breaching the waterproofing and rebuilding the wall.
Updated 2026-08-16
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