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Joan, your message struct a nerve. On Friday I signed a contract to purchase a new home in which we will be converting the laundry and garage into a handicapped accessible bathroom and bedroom. I don't really have the funds to hire an architect. Family memberw will do the construction, but I will need to draw the site plan and specifications. Does anyone have a suggestion where to look for good diagrams for handicapped accessible bathrooms? There have already been a couple of excellent suggestions made which I will incorporate. The idea of a pocket door, glass brick wall for shower (my husband keeps trying to grab the shower curtain to pull himself up!), a double door to the outside etc. Thanks, Miriam L. Denham, cg for Dale, 74, dx 1988 [log in to unmask] On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Joan Cutchins wrote: > My husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's 3 yrs ago at 45. > > We are hoping to build a new house in the next year. What would be the > best kind of flooring for bathrooms? Vinyl seems so slick to me when wet. > > Should the rest of the house be carpeted? It will be built on a slab so > no steps. Also implicit instructions will be given to builder--no > thresholds between changing flooring materials. > > I am of course trying to prevent falls. Bathrooms will have grab bars. > All halls 4 feet wide. Shower will have seat, no threshold. Is there > anything else I need to take care of in the building stage? Any advice > from you or any physical therapists greatly appreciated. If you feel > these answers not pertinent to whole mailing list, please e-mail me > privately. Do not want to start/get involved in a "flame war." (Meant in > nicest way possible.) > > Thank you > Joan Cutchins > > [log in to unmask] >