Disabled Shower Room Refurbishment
Transform your Accessible Shower Room
Ensure every visitor to your site has a comfortable and safe experience in your shower facilities with a disabled shower room refurbishment. At Bano, we are experts in washroom fit-outs with specialist experience in shower and wet room refurbishments.
Plus, with our experience in creating inclusive and accessible spaces, we are pleased to offer a transformative service to bring your disabled shower cubicles up to standard.
DDA Shower Room Layout
For gyms and leisure centres, needs go beyond washroom and bathroom facilities for your visitors, in which case disabled shower rooms are essential. We can help you create a disabled shower enclosure by implementing a DDA-approved design and facilities. Each disabled shower room and facility in a commercial or public space should include:
Wet Floor/Accessible Tray: This type of disabled shower enclosure flooring is the best option to include in your refurbishment as it can be accessed by everyone. Whether the user is a wheelchair user or has difficulty taking high steps.
Non-Slip Surfaces: Provides better ease of movement in the shower and decreases the risk of slipping and falls.
Shower Chair: Allows people unable to stand for long periods to sit in the shower.
Grab Handles: Makes maneourvering around the enclosed space more manageable.
Easy Use Lever Controls: Ensures independent and easy use of facilities for those with mobility or dexterity issues.
Hoists & Lifts: Assists carers with the movement of disabled persons.
Accessible Wet-Room Space
Other physical impairments you should be aware of when planning the design of a disabled shower cubicle include those visually or hearing impaired. Your accessible shower room must be safe and hygienic for everyone to use. Considerations we can help you put in place include:
Tactile & Braille Signage
Audio & Visual Alarms
High-Quality Lighting & Back-Up Facilities
Contrasting Colours (e.g. Handles, Door Frames etc.)
Emergency Chord Alarm Distinguishable from Fire Alarm
Contrasting Surface Finishes (Wayfinding)
Learning Difficulties & Accessibility
Creating an accessible shower room in your building is also important to provide those with learning difficulties a safe space they can use independently. This also ensures all visitors to your site feel welcomed and comfortable when using the facilities.
Features you may want to consider implementing in your disabled shower enclosure include outward swinging doors, grab rails and adjustable shower heads.
Does your property meet the disabled bathroom and shower regulations in the UK?
Your building, whether for commercial or public use, should meet the standards of the Equality Act of 2010 and
the Care Act of 2014.
You may be concerned that creating a disabled shower room requires a lot of space in your property that you simply do not have, but you would be surprised at how compact an accessible wet-room can be. According to building regulations in England, as stated in Document M, an accessible wet-rroom should be 2500mm x 2400mm when including a basin, shower and toilet. However, a disabled shower enclosure should be at least 1000mm x 1000mm.
The space must be large enough for a wheelchair user to turn around comfortably.
Disabled Shower Regulations UK
Transform your Disabled Shower Room Now
If you’re unsure if you meet the necessarily disabled shower regulations in the UK, we can help. Our expert team is on hand to answer your questions and offer further advice. Simply contact us today, and we will happily answer any questions or queries.
We can also offer you a free quotation for our services and an idea of how we can transform your current washroom facilities. Learn more about our services today and why you should work with us.