My grandparents got old the way everybody does โ slowly, and then all at once.
I noticed it in flashes during visits. The kitchen they'd cooked in for forty years had quietly become an obstacle course. The bowls had been moved from the upp...
One of the questions that keeps coming up with installers who are weighing GBIAA membership is some version of: why now? Why is this the moment to get certified, when the work has been getting done one way or another for decades?
The hones...
One of the most common questions we get from families is some version of: is it really worth a few hundred dollars to install grab bars when nothing has happened yet?
The question is reasonable. Grab bar installation isn't free. A professi...
One of the hardest conversations many adult children have with their parents is the one about grab bars. The daughter sees her mother starting to grip the towel rack for balance and thinks: we need to do something about this. The mother see...
Most grab bar installers, when they're growing their business, focus on what's visible. The website. The Google Business Profile. The Facebook ads. The Nextdoor presence. All of those are worth doing.
None of them are particularly good at ...
A lot of the calls grab bar installers get sound the same. My mother is coming home from the hospital on Thursday. The house isn't ready. What can you do?
It's one of the most common reasons families reach out, and one of the most stressfu...
If you've ever called around for a grab bar installation, you've probably had this moment. You ask what it costs to put in a couple of bars, you get a number, and your first thought is: that much? For what?
It's a fair question. A grab bar...
Occasionally on a job, you'll arrive and the customer will proudly point to a box on the bathroom counter. They've already bought the grab bar. They found it online, it was a good price, and they just need you to put it up. They're trying t...
Every installer I know has made this mistake. You're finishing up the walk-through in the bathroom, the customer is pleasant, the job looks straightforward, and they ask the question: So how much is this going to cost?
Nine out of ten inst...
