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Innovate Building Solutions
Roll-In, Barrier Free, ADA Compliant Showers Cleveland Bathroom Renovation
Bath Doctor from Innovate Building Solutions
You’ve thought for years about a barrier free roll-in shower for your Cleveland bathroom. You’ve read how 80% of falls happen in the bathroom. You know your spouse’s mobility isn’t getting any better.
However, you also want a shower which is not only safe, but one which looks a lot more stylish than your current (impossible to clean) fiberglass tub or moldy tile shower. However, you don’t know where you can find a bathroom renovation contractor in Cleveland to explain product options, answer your questions AND give you a fair price for the roll-in shower you need.
In this page learn how Age in Place bathroom and shower specialists at The Bath Doctor division of Innovate Building Solutions can help. Read the sections below to make an educated and cost-effective choice for a low step or wheelchair accessible shower. Here’s what you’ll learn:
- The benefits of a roll-in barrier free shower.
- How Innovate’s process will help you choose the right accessibility option for your project AND budget.
- Product options to customize your shower.
- Frequently asked questions about roll-in showers and wheelchair accessible ADA bathrooms.
Roll-in shower pans or barrier free shower bases
The ‘foundation’ of your roll-in shower is the surface you roll or walk into as you enter. Choose from acrylic shower pans with collapsible retention systems, or ramped solid surface bases, low profile barrier free showers or even one level wet rooms. Your Bath Doctor Specialists can explain the advantages and disadvantages of each system for you.
Low maintenance, high-style shower wall panels
With Innovate’s Bath Doctor division you won’t be stuck choosing between a cheap plastic wall surround or high-maintenance tile walls. Innovate specializes in shower wall panels and offers 4 options for you.
- 3/8” thick Laminate wall panels
- 3/8” thick solid surface wall panels
- 1/4” thick decorative PVC composite panels
- 5/16” thick optical grade high gloss acrylic panels
Glass shower doors for roll-in barrier free showers
While you can use curtains for your wheelchair accessible shower, they’re not the most stylish alternative. In addition, curtains block natural light, look dirty and scummy in a short time.
It’s for those reasons you’ll want to consider options like pivoting glass showers, fixed glass shower screens, glass block walk in shower, or even ‘half-height’ caregiver doors. Let an Innovate representative explain the differences in these products.
Shower heads for accessible showers
Would your shower work best with a rain head, a hand-held unit, or a stationary head? Where should the turn on and turn off valve be located so you don’t get doused with a cold blast of water every time you turn your shower on? What type of shower head is best to conserve water?
Bath Doctor will help you make these important plumbing fixture choices.
Shower accessories for storage, seating, and safety
The right accessories will make or break your shower experience.
How can you include seating (and not make a cramped shower) to shave your legs or provide a place to sit for a family member who is mobility challenged to shower independently?
What type of shelving or niches do you need to store your lotions and potions?
Where should you put the grab bars for a safe shower? What choices do you have which won’t make your new shower look like a hospital room?
The shower specialists at The Bath Doctor can answer these questions for you.
Shower windows
A shower window is wonderful to let in natural light, except when you’re worried about a neighbor looking inside.
Choosing a shower window which offers privacy yet doesn’t cut off light is a must. Bath Doctor offers a range of high privacy vinyl replacement windows or glass block windows to give you light, privacy, and style whether you live in South Euclid or Strongsville.
Frequently Asked Questions About Roll-In Barrier Free Showers
If you’re replacing a standard sized tub or shower with a barrier free (or low-profile) shower in the same area, most projects (using grout free wall panels and premade barrier free bases) are done in 2 days. For custom replacement showers allow 3 to 5 days to complete.
While money-saving ideas will be best developed after seeing your bathroom, here’s a few strategies to cut installed costs of a barrier free shower:
- Don’t move the plumbing. There are standard shower pans (in both solid surface and contemporary reinforced acrylic) where the pan can be pre-sloped to your existing drain location.
- Use grout free wall panels vs. ceramic tile (which also cuts maintenance)
- Do your own demolition.
- Use solid one-piece shower pan vs. a tile shower floor.
- Use standard size glass shower doors, pans, windows, and wall surrounds and limit customization.
Mold is the enemy of a healthy bathroom and shower. Solid surface and cultured granite roll-in shower pans, decorative wall surrounds, exhaust fans and operable windows are smart products for a healthy (and mold free) shower.
Yes, there is. For the shower floor use a low-profile shower pan (like the solid surface shower base shown below) where you can buy an ‘add on curb extension.’ This sloped curb can be placed in front of the shower pan to create a roll-in shower.
Schedule a time with your Innovate Roll-in Shower Design Specialist to see our shower pans, wall panels and glass enclosure displays. We’re open from Monday through Friday 7 AM to 4 PM (or by appointment at other times) at 4566 East 71st. St. Cuyahoga Heights., Oh, 44105. You’ll find us close to I-77/Route 480 near Independence Ohio.
We most certainly can. We understand it’s hard for an owner – who may remodel their master bathroom every 20 years – to know the right products, sizes, and installation process for a quality barrier free shower which fits their budget. It’s our job to guide you through options – whether it’s one on one during an accessible bathroom design consultation or in a virtual appointment or with shower design articles through our News From The Block Blog or educational YouTube videos.
If you’re frustrated with your existing tile and fiberglass shower pan and wall surrounds, you’re not alone. The best way to get a stylish shower – without sacrificing looks, is to use laminate shower wall panels or cultured granite shower pans. They’re durable and will add to the décor of your bathroom.
You can use a door in a roll-in shower if you make sure there’s enough room for a walker or wheelchair to enter. A 28” to 36” wide opening is best. The most common options to keep water in your roll-in shower include:
- Curtains
- Collapsible water retainers which are used with a low-profile shower pan.
- Pivoting glass doors.
- Half-high caregiver doors
- One level wet room systems where you waterproof the entire bathroom, not just the shower.
Roll-in showers can be used in any sized bathrooms. However, if space is limited you may need a one level bathroom floor to provide enough space for your shower, vanity, and toilet.
Nobody wants to buy a home where the bathroom reminds them of a hospital room at the Cleveland Clinic or University Hospital. The best way to ensure your bathroom DOES NOT have the ‘hospital room’ look is to not use dated, institutional looking grab bars or fiberglass shower pans with plastic wall surrounds.
Use laminate wall panels, contemporary textured stone shower pans, decorative support bars and contemporary glass doors – which offer style AND safety.
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