Moen Home Care Bathroom Safety 24 Inch Stainless Steel Handicap Grab Bar for Bathtub and Shower, Heavy Duty Handle, Elderly Assistance Product with Concealed Screws, 8724

This Moen grab bar is well-made. Testing with a simple magnetic stud finder, I discovered the stud spacing was 18", so that's the bar I got for horizontal placement in the shower stall. Cutting holes through ceramic tile was something I had done before with a diamond drill. Four precise holes later, I installed the bar with the screws provided. I think I could stand on it and jump up and down; it is so strong and well-attached. The brushed stainless looks great, too.

Great Moen quality. This grab bar is well made and a perfect size. Easy to install, and provides solid, secure means of getting in and out of the tub. Highly recommend this itwm.

When my wife was scheduled for knee replacement surgery, I started looking into grab bars ... and finding a zillion brands, finishes, types, shapes, etc. After considering some of the fancier and FAR more expensive options, I came to my senses and focused first on specifications, namely, tubing wall thickness, welds, and attachment plates (flanges).The Moen bars are really basic, but the specs are decent, it's a brand name bar, and they were returnable if I didn't like them when they showed up. I ordered them and they are just fine.What I didn't want to do - with any brand bar - was try to blindly attach them to studs. I do a lot of home improvement work and I can pretty reliably find studs with a finder and occasionally a magnet, but I also didn't want to risk placing a critical screw too close to an edge or into a weak spot in the stud, like a loose knot, and there was no way I was going to use drywall anchors for something so critical. Finally, I found by reading descriptions and instructions that the flanges for almost all grab bars are circular. While that offer a lot of options for screw placement, their sizes are such that most will only accommodate 1 or 2 screws per plate, the other available holes not being over the stud, which wasn't comforting.So, I opened the walls, installed blocking between the studs, patched, and installed the bars with 3 heavy gauge construction screws in each flange - checking first to ensure that the flange cover would fit over the screw heads. The bars are solid as a rock. The flange welds would probably fail before the screws or blocking would. There is no wobble, no hint of movement whatsoever, no matter how much you push or pull.I'm happy. My wife is happy. They look good. Plus they eliminated a couple of extraneous towel bars and hooks as I bought 36" bars so as to serve double duty. One is always bare, the one on the opposite wall has a few items on the far end that isn't actually used for grabbing.

High quality product and very easy to install once I located the studs. The 32 in size bridged across two of the boards spaced every 16 inches, and are a perfect size to hold onto, even with arthritis. I feel safer now coming in and out of my shower, as this bar doesn't move.

Very good quality and well made. Easy installation

The grab bar itself is sturdy and works as expected; however, the screws that came with the bar are not. The provided phillips head screws strip out very easily and will probably rust if calk is not applied. I recommend buying SPAX 2 1/2 inch (or longer) screws. SPAX screws have a combination drive so you can use either a phillips head screwdriver or a square head screwdriver. They are also self tapping. I like the square head as it drives better with less stripping out than the phillips head. Each screw is rated to hold 85 pounds. Also, the instructions call for calking around the screws after you drive them in; thus, you need to buy calking before you set out to install the bar. Using outdoor screws, such as stainless steel, might avoid having to use calk; although the screws themselves will be more expensive. The outdoor stainless screws should also hold more weight.There are other screws that are much like the SPAX and would work fine. The screws that came with the bar not only strip out easily, they must rust (thus the need for calk), and they are not self tapping. That is why I reduced the rating of the bar by one star. It seems to me a first class bar should provide first class screws, screws designed to be used in wet conditions.AD2

It s sturdy and very good. I did not expect to be this good because not expensive. It is a deal.

Product has two flanges with multiple perforations so you can find align it with the studs in your wall. It is very important to screw both ends into wooden studs to they will support the weight if someone grabs on the rail while falling.The trickiest part is identifying where the studs are. I purchased an expensive stud finder because I have an old house built before modern framing distances were standardized. The product I used worked well, detecting the studs through the ceramic tile.If you are planning to drill holes in porcelain or ceramic, use a diamond drill bit so you don't crack the tiles. The best technique for me is to drill the hole an an angle because the bit will try and skip away from your hole marking. Once you have one edge started, straighten the drill and drill perpendicular to the wall. I had to use a narrower drill bit to hollow out the screw path because old pine is hard as nails. Not like the timber you get in lumber stores today.I put one hole in one end, they aligned the opposite end with its hole. This way I assured that both ends of the grab bar are anchored in wood.Installation was really easy and the bar looks great in my shower/tub.