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Agree, Star, the contractor is wrong. And the doorways (you would only be renovating one bath, though, yes?) are too narrow as is.
This may also be a time to pause and think about life expectancy -- I'm not sure of your dad's respiratory status these days -- and the lesser of evils. I can give you door #2 since Larry did without a bathroom for a couple of years after the threshold became too much. It may also be apropos to give your parents the option of doing nothing, if they are truly upset about tearing things up. They can hear the other side of the coin to make an informed choice.
If they don't renovate, that would mean moving ultimately to bed baths or perhaps using a public facility to shower as Mike & Krissy did, and using a bag-lined bucket instead of the toilet. That's not ideal, either. But it is possible and it is what we did.
This may also be a time to pause and think about life expectancy -- I'm not sure of your dad's respiratory status these days -- and the lesser of evils. I can give you door #2 since Larry did without a bathroom for a couple of years after the threshold became too much. It may also be apropos to give your parents the option of doing nothing, if they are truly upset about tearing things up. They can hear the other side of the coin to make an informed choice.
If they don't renovate, that would mean moving ultimately to bed baths or perhaps using a public facility to shower as Mike & Krissy did, and using a bag-lined bucket instead of the toilet. That's not ideal, either. But it is possible and it is what we did.