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Grab rails (also known as support bars, hand rails and grab bars) are one of the simplest changes you can make to your bathroom, but they have a huge impact on making it safer and easier to use. Whether to balance in the shower, get on and off the toilet, or to use your basin, who doesn’t benefit from a little extra support around the most important room in the home? But with so many options available, how do you choose which style is right for you? Here are a few things to consider to get you started. Our experts are always happy to answer any questions you may have and help find the right option for you. Colour Whatever your bathroom style, we have a grab rail to suit. Classic chrome, beautiful brushed satin steel, and modern matt black are some of our most popular finishes. Our ranges also beautifully coordinate with our taps and showers. Depending on the finish of the walls they are fixed to, you can also make a high contrast feature of your rails so that they are easier to spot. This is useful for some people living with dementia or sight loss. Download a brochure for our full range. Freestyle grab rail 600mm matt black, T shaped shower rail Material Cold metal can be quite uncomfortable to touch for sensitive hands so our Fine & Able Circula grab rail collection features Warm Touch technology. Their design includes a clever insulated core so they’re never cold to hold. Not only is this great on a chilly morning, but also helpful for conditions such as arthritis that affect grip and sensitivity to temperature. All our grab rails are made from extremely hardwearing, easy-to-clean materials suitable for use in bathrooms. All fixings and screws are covered so there is nowhere for water, soap or dirt to get stuck and cause problems. Download a brochure for our full range. Circula hinged grab rail 700mm, grab rail 600mm Removeable styles If you think a grab rail could be useful, but you’re not so keen on having them on show all the time, or you’re planning for rails in the future, a removeable style could be what you’re looking for. Our innovative Circula grab rail collection is fully detachable. When you don’t need these rails, all you see are a couple of very slim cover-plates that hide the fixing brackets in the wall. This style is ideal for future-proofing, or for when guests come over, as you can safely and quickly pop them on and off as you need. Watch this video to see how they work. Wall strength All Fine & Able grab rails are built to last and are extremely strong – most can take up to 150kg (approximately 23 stone). However, grab rails are only as strong as the walls they are attached to. It’s vital they’re fixed to solid walls or walls that have been properly prepared. Read our blog on reinforcing walls for grab rails. If you need advice about how to properly prepare your walls for grab rails, get in touch. Shape and size Some grab rails have been cleverly designed to help you with specific tasks in the bathroom. For example, getting in and out of the shower, using the basin, or getting on and off the toilet. Common configurations include: Hinged drop-down rails beside the toilet or shower seat to help you get up and down or to transfer from a wheelchair. You can even add a handy toilet roll holder to some of these! L-shaped rails next to the toilet, or your shower seat, so you can both push and pull up as you need. Upside-down T-shape rails for in the shower for lots of places to hold onto while washing, and moving in and out of the shower area. Single rails are suitable for all sorts of locations and tasks. Various lengths are also available to suit your height and reach. Consider whether you will be using them from seated, standing or both. Book a free design consultation for more information. Circula T shaped shower rail Left or right-handed? For L-shaped grab rails it is important you choose the correct ‘handing’. This is to do with which way the horizontal part of the L faces, and which hand you will use it with. Some are universal, so the horizontal bar can be flipped in either direction, but many come with a specific left or right ‘handing’. Be sure you have the correct one before you buy. Get in touch if you are unsure which ‘handing’ you need for your space and we’ll be happy to help you find the correct one. Position Making sure grab rails are in the right position for you is vital for their usefulness and safety. Positioning them in the wrong place can actually be counter-productive if you end up leaning or stretching to reach them, or if they are angled unhelpfully, for example. Getting this right is dependent upon your individual needs and your space. We always recommend getting some expert advice first. Get in touch with us for a free design consultation. Flat ended styles Many grab rails are fixed to the wall with brackets that are positioned a few centimetres from each end of the rail. However, there is another option. Our Freestyle grab rails feature brackets that form a seamless continuation of the bar itself. Not only do these flat ends offer a sleeker look, they also reduce the likelihood of catching your clothes (or towel!) on them as you move past. Explore the full range We hope we’ve given you a starting point in your search for a grab rail. Download a brochure to see the complete range and find the style that’s right for you. We’re here to help too. Pick up the phone or drop us an email and talk to one of our experts. Contact us here.
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It's not everyone who can boast that they have a huge bath in their living room! I wish I didn't have to... but there it is above... We wanted a mobile bath for Heni so that it would be versatile...Originally the idea was to put it in the down stairs bathroom next to Heni's bedroom..... but together with her wheelchair and hoist, it just doesn't fit in! The room is far too small to maneuver anything around and be safe. Currently we don't know if we should seek approval to build an extension for Heni... if we were allowed to build, the bath could then easily be moved into its purpose built place... if we ever move house it could come with us... but for now it has to sit in my living room just a little longer until we prepare the place in which its going to live... at least temporarily until a more permanent solution arises. We are expecting that in the next week or two we will be able to put it in my utility room! There will be plenty of space for it there, but we have to do some moving things around first... hopefully I will be able to show you some progress and the finished results in another blog post real soon. Heni loves baths but she is getting far too long to lie in the one she currently uses and we can't hoist her in to it because of space.. it's a back breaking exercise even though she is small and so when the chance to get this piece of equipment arose, we jumped at it. I spent quite a bit of time trawling the internet looking for a solution and something that would be suitable for our current circumstances and thankfully stumbled across the Handi-move shower bath and treatment system distributed by Dolphin mobility As you can see in the picture, the whole bath is on wheels and it can be raised up and down to the appropriate height for each carer by an hydraulic system. When it was delivered the bath was in its lowest position and also had the changing table raised to the top..... but with the use of the hand held control pad...... ...you can can slowly raise the rim of the bath and the "table" section moves down so that it ends up on the bottom ....and it now looks and functions as a bath. It's powered by a re-chargeable battery pack situated underneath the tub... when it runs down, all you have to do is plug it in and power back up. Very versatile and clever engineering if you ask me! The surface is padded and therefore soft and comfortable and easy to maintain and clean.... ...and there is a head rest which can be used when in use as a changing trolley...however, it's not really for use "in" the water when the bath is full, as it floats up to the top! The drain is a flexible pipe that can be maneuvered anywhere and doesn't require any special "fixed" plumbing. All you need is a drain to allow water to empty from the bath, and also a way of filling it up...for example with a shower attachment. The first night the bath arrived we decided to give it a try and we moved it in to the kitchen to bathe Heni there. We don't have a shower attachment in our cooking area and so (just this once) we filled it with pan after pan full of warm water! The bath also has metal removable guide rails to prevent the patient from falling off when it's being used in table mode... but we put them on in bath mode and it was a little tricky to lift Heni up and over them. Next time we will know differently but we can put this down to a learning experience! Heni wondered what on earth was going on but went with the experiment and enjoyed her bath time regardless. It wasn't quite as relaxing a process as normal but when we have the bath in situ with all of her equipment on hand it will be a much smoother, easier and safer method of bathing her. I'm going to take some before and after shots of the utility room transformation and I hope you will all come back in a few weeks time, so I can show you what we have done. We can't wait to get it all sorted, up and running and being used... as I'm sure its gong to make life a lot easier for everyone. I also think Heni will love stretching out in it and appreciate it. But for now, until we have a plumber lined up (I can't believe how difficult it has been to find one!) it is residing back in the living room...I guess you really can't get more versatile than that! Hope to see you then. Jx If you would like to learn more about the bath/shower trolley you can find a pdf document here
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