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Ripley, Ontario Canada | "Sounds minor, but towel racks. They do not come in 16 inch widths to fit your studs. They come any other size. You have to decide some time. Decide before the dry wall goes up and notch out the 2 x 4 and put in 3/4 inch ply wood for the towel rack screws to go into. Same with the TP unit."
In the bath room I would forget about notching the plywood into the walls. Just line the walls with 3/4 inch plywood from about 30 inches off the floor to about 78 inches high. Then strap the top and bottom with 3/4 inch strapping and drywall over that. Then anywhere on the wall you can hang towel racks or more important grab bars and you know they will be fastened to something solid. For a few sheets of plywood it will save you patching a lot of drywall when you have to mount grab bars. Also consider using grab bars for towel racks. Then if you slip and grab them you get something solid.
Also make the doors all 36 inches wide, and at least one door at grade to allow wheelchairs or furniture dollies in (makes moving much easier)
Edited by John In Ontario 12/9/2014 21:44
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