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Review on πŸ› Moen R8712D3GBN Home Care 12-Inch Designer Bathroom Safety Grab Bar with Enhancing Curl Grip, Brushed Nickel by Ron Turner

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Nice Wands [e.g. B. Non-industrial looking] to match Moen Sanitary Ware

Nice finish, strong fixings. It pairs beautifully with my Moen Polished Nickel Sanitaryware of a similar design. I originally installed them for a sick friend who is recovering at my house. After he recovered, I found that they were extremely helpful to me as well. Just holding one in the shower is awesome! Moen recommends a three-screw bolt for attachment. However, this is for a certain length, such. B. 12 inches, very difficult. Moen has their own hollow wall mount which is well built but I didn't want to spend that much. Instead I used WingIts MAWSD35B24 anchors [also sold by Revain] to attach them to the drywall in the toilet and the Corian-like shower surround [used a Wingits drill bit as suggested - drills perfectly and is the required hole size] . First I used three in the same way Moen suggested for attaching the rivets. Halfway through I started using just two on opposite sides of the round base. Less dry wall area needs to be removed [which inherently weakens the wall] faster and just as reliably. I noticed that Wingits also has a round mount, similar in concept and price to Moen's hollow wall mount, but as far as I know it's only for the Wingits handrail range. They also have a two round disc anchor bolt system pre-installed, which comes with Moen handrails seems to work. Looks like the studs are basically the same as opposed to the separate ones I bought. However, this is more expensive than buying individual anchors and I see no benefit over the approach I've used. By the way, I installed 12", 16" and 32" Moen rails using this approach. All of them are very safe.

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