ESNBIA15“ Grab Bar Handle for Bathroom Toilet Bathtubs and Showers, Brushed Gold

Brushed gold was hard to find color. Settled for this but delighted it was good quality and looks great

The color matched other items in the bathroom.Used in shower to make going in and out of the shower safer.

sturdy

Unlike many high-quality grab bars where the ends of the bar are welded to flanges that then screw into the wall, this Esnbia unit is built differently. The weak point of this grab bar is that each of the relatively thin and slightly flexible mounting flanges are attached to the center of the ends of the grab bar by a single, quarter-inch-wide screw. The flange is then screwed into the wall (followed by an escutcheon). Thus, no matter how tightly the screw at the connection between the grab bar and the mounting flange is engaged, once mounted on the wall, there is a small amount of lateral movement under stress.While this is inconsequential for a vertically-mounted bar where the force angle is likely outward and downward, if mounted horizontally, pushing or pulling perpendicular to the bar axis elicits a small amount of movement, and all the force is borne by two screws.I would not rely on this bar, if mounted horizontally, to provide a robust support, particularly if force is engaged at an angle perpendicular to the bar. The failure point is a single screw.On the positive side, the grab bar has excellent finish, and arrives in protective packaging. Installation is intuitive. However, I feel that the mounting hardware is undersized. Even though we mounted the bar on solid wood, we still used longer, heavier (#8) wood screws than those supplied, which appear to be #6.

Husband like it very much. Sturdy love the color gold,easy assemble and perfect size.