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This Old House to the Rescue!

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By: Alexandra Bandon, This Old House online

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Demolishing old tub and installing new disabled-access shower

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Photo: left: Alexandra Bandon; right: Kolin Smith

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Mary's bathtub was too high for her to step into, so the advance crew (including Robert Hardin, left) demolished it. Then tile contractors Fred Bellucci and Nick Barone volunteered three days' time to install a disabled-access shower system donated by Schluter Systems. On Homefront Day, Jason Grant from Steve Basso Plumbing, Heating & A/C, another volunteer pro, installed a handheld showerhead given to Mary by Price Pfister.