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Aging-in-Place Carpentry: Wider Doorways, Easier Entries

The carpentry that lets someone stay in their home: a bathroom door widened or swapped for a pocket door, lever handles, an entry step reworked, solid blocking behind a shower seat or a ceiling lift.

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These are small jobs with a big effect, and they need to be done right — blocking that is not in the framing is worse than none. We anchor into framing or add blocking, widen openings with proper headers, and leave every change looking like part of the house.

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Aging in Place jobs we do (7)

Finished white entry door with decorative glass and a sidelite, seen from inside

Blocking for a Ceiling Lift — Track Reinforcement Before the Lift

The lift company's drawing shows the track running from the bed to the bathroom, and every mounting point has to hit solid wood. The joists do not run that way. We put the wood where the track needs it.

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Oak-trimmed window over a corner jetted tub with an oak vanity

Blocking for a Shower Seat and Grab Bars Before Tile

The shower is open to the studs and someone in the house will need to sit down in it. Now is the only time to put wood behind the tile. We set the blocking, then hang the seat when the tile is done.

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Two-story home with shake gables, new grid windows and a glass-panel entry door under a covered porch

Lever Door Handles and Threshold Ramps for Seniors

Knobs you cannot turn and thresholds you trip on are the two small things that make a house hard to live in. We swap every knob for a lever and fix every threshold in one visit.

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Arched-top white gridded window in a stone-veneer gable beside the front entry

Lower an Entry Step — Add an Intermediate Step at the Door

One tall step at the door that a knee or a walker cannot manage, when the rest of the house is fine. Splitting it into two, or lowering it, is a half-day job that keeps someone going out the front door.

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Finished room with new plank flooring, painted walls and white trim

Non-Slip Stair Treads Installation — Grip Strips and Carpet Treads

Finished hardwood stairs in socks, painted basement steps in the winter, bare planks to the garage. The stairs have not changed, the person using them has. Grip on every tread, done the same way top to bottom.

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Brick home front with a new arched grid picture window, flanking windows and the front entry door

Pocket Door for Wheelchair Access — Swing Door Converted

The bathroom door swings into the room and takes the space a wheelchair needs to turn, or it stops against the toilet before it is open. A pocket door slides into the wall and gives the whole opening back.

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Widen a Doorway for a Wheelchair or Walker

A bathroom door that a wheelchair cannot get through has two fixes, one small and one real. We tell you which one your door needs and do the framing, door and patching in one job.

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