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      "name": "What interior repairs and modifications help make a home more accessible?",
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        "text": "Common modifications include widening interior doorways, replacing knob handles with levers, building zero-threshold curbless tile showers, and reinforcing drywall with wood blocking for secure grab bars. When planning these changes, the primary tradeoff involves space and structure: widening a doorway may require reframing non-load-bearing or load-bearing stud walls and adjusting electrical switch locations, while curbless showers require lowering subfloor heights to ensure proper water drainage and ADA-compliant accessibility.",
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        "description": "Accessible modifications include installing curbless showers, widening doorways, reinforcing walls for grab bars, and replacing hardware with levers."
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  "description": "Accessible modifications include installing curbless showers, widening doorways, reinforcing walls for grab bars, and replacing hardware with levers."
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