Section 1 of 5
Get the Clearances Right Before Anything Else
Floor space and turning room are the things you can't fix later. Lock them down before you fall in love with a tile.
Free download · 2026 edition
The Aging-in-Place Bathroom Planning Checklist.
Plan a bathroom you can use safely for the next 25 years — without it looking like a hospital. The same checklist our Project Managers use on accessible builds.
Get the Clearances Right Before Anything Else
Floor space and turning room are the things you can't fix later. Lock them down before you fall in love with a tile.
Curbless Done Right (and the Door Question)
A zero-threshold shower is the centerpiece — but only if the waterproofing and slope are built as one system. Here's what to insist on.
Grab-Bar Blocking: The Thing You Do Now or Regret Later
Grab bars must anchor into wall blocking — never tile or glass alone. Add the blocking during framing even if you don't mount bars yet.
Fixtures & Controls That Are Easy on the Hands
Anti-scald valves, handheld sprayers, comfort-height toilets, lever handles. The specifics that make daily use effortless.
Lighting, Slip & the Small Safety Wins
Most bathroom injuries are falls. A handful of low-cost choices around light and traction prevent the majority of them.
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Not a hospital look.
Accessible done with warm finishes reads like a high-end spa bath. The safety is invisible until the moment you need it.
Built to code.
Real ADA / accessibility clearances, continuous waterproofing, and load-rated grab-bar blocking — not guesswork.
Plan once, stay decades.
The decisions you can't change later — layout, slope, blocking — done right the first time.
What's inside
Five sections, in the order that matters.
We ordered the checklist the way we plan a real accessible bathroom: the things you can't undo come first. Work through them before you fall in love with a tile.
Section 2 of 5
Curbless Done Right (and the Door Question)
A zero-threshold shower is the centerpiece — but only if the waterproofing and slope are built as one system. Here's what to insist on.
Section 3 of 5
Grab-Bar Blocking: The Thing You Do Now or Regret Later
Grab bars must anchor into wall blocking — never tile or glass alone. Add the blocking during framing even if you don't mount bars yet.
Section 4 of 5
Fixtures & Controls That Are Easy on the Hands
Anti-scald valves, handheld sprayers, comfort-height toilets, lever handles. The specifics that make daily use effortless.
Section 5 of 5
Lighting, Slip & the Small Safety Wins
Most bathroom injuries are falls. A handful of low-cost choices around light and traction prevent the majority of them.
Where this checklist comes from
Built from real accessible builds.
This is the same checklist our Project Managers walk through on aging-in-place jobs — curbless shower waterproofing, ADA clearances, continuous grab-bar blocking, anti-scald valves, and the lighting and slip details most remodels forget. We cleaned it up so you can use it with any contractor.
We don't publish dollar figures. Every bathroom is priced by scope after an in-home walk-through — and the checklist teaches you exactly what to insist on so any bid you get covers the right work.
One last thing
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Send me the Aging-in-Place Checklist.
No spam, no phone calls. The same checklist our Project Managers use on accessible builds.
- The clearances to lock down before anything else
- Curbless shower done right — and the door question
- Grab-bar blocking: do it now or regret it later
- Anti-scald valves, handhelds, comfort-height fixtures
- Lighting + slip choices that prevent the most falls
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