Bob visits a Roxbury, Massachusetts home where a Kohler shower stall in being installed. The unit is called a free will shower. It is meant for someone who is bound to a wheelchair. It has grab bars and seats already built into the unit. It is not the everyday average shower stall. Gerry Folan, a plumber contractor, is installing a shower valve on the shower that has an anti-scald feature. The valve also has a handle on the front instead of a knob. Both of these features will assist a wheelchair bound person. Gerry also installs an air chamber adjacent to the shower valve which will stop the pipes from vibrating when shutting the water off.

Bob meets Gerry Folan a plumber who is installing a specialized toilet. Phil Boggs from Kohler discusses the unique features of the toilet. It is a high line toilet that is ADA accessible. It sets 18" above the floor whereas a normal toilet rests 14" from the floor. This extra 4" allows a wheelchair user the ease to get up and down from the toilet. Bob also looks at an ADA lavatory with the drain towards the back of the unit and it is made to extend over the cabinet vanity so a wheelchair can get under the unit.

Here are some ideas for designing your home to be accessible to someone with a disability. In the bathroom, tilting mirrors, medicine cabinets, and sturdy grab bars allow easy access for a wheelchair user. Among other items to consider: thermostats with larger, easier to read numbers and lever handles on doors for simpler operation.

Bob and Ryley put the finishing touches on in the bathroom. They install a grab bar to help a person in a wheelchair to maneuver. The grab bar has a flange and lag bolts that are used to secure it to the wall. Ryley first uses a ratchet to make a round hole in the drywall. Then he bolts the flange to two-by-eights that have been fastened in between the studs to provide a screwing surface. Finally the bar goes over the mounting flange and is screwed in. Ryley installs a recessed brushed chrome toilet paper holder as well and then moves on to the tilted vanity mirror. The mirror is hinged so that tilts for a wheelchair-bound person. Ryley screws the hinged end into the wood behind the drywall and tilts it to twenty degrees. He then screws in the top part of the mirror. Lastly, he installs a standard medicine chest. The wall around it has been framed to receive the chest and once it is in place Ryley simply screws the sides into the studs.

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Bob Vila s Home Again returns to New York s Upper West Side, where trades of all kinds are continuing work on the Brownstone floor-through apartment. Bob starts in the large central living room where quarter-sawn ash flooring is being installed.