Disabled bathroom adaptations in Barking: level-access showers, grab rails, seats and raised WCs. Fitted with dignity in mind, not just compliance.
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An adaptation done well does not look like an adaptation. Level access, a seat that folds away, rails that look like they belong: the aim is a bathroom somebody can use independently, not one that announces itself to every visitor.
Barking and Dagenham has many long-term residents in the Becontree houses, and a bathroom adaptation there is often about someone staying in a home they have lived in for decades. The aim is a room that works now and keeps working as needs change, without the work taking over the house.
A tanked wet floor with a true fall, so there is nothing to step over and nothing to trip on.
Noggins put in behind the board where rails are going. A grab rail screwed into plasterboard is worse than no rail at all.
Fold-down seats, comfort-height WCs and lever taps. Small things that decide whether the room can be used alone.
Rails and seats come in finishes that suit a bathroom. It costs no more to choose the ones that do.
Where an occupational therapist has made recommendations, the design follows them, so the work matches what a grant application needs.
The work is staged so the person using the bathroom always has a working toilet while it is done.
A Disabled Facilities Grant through the council is worth asking about, and Barking and Dagenham administers it. We can supply a written quote and specification for an application - we cannot make the application for you.
Where the person actually reaches, which is not always where the standard drawing puts them. We would rather come and watch how the room is used than guess from a plan.
No, and it should not. Brushed rails, a fold-away seat and a decent floor make a room that reads as a nice bathroom that happens to be accessible.
A level-access shower in place of a bath is usually around a week to ten days. The toilet is kept usable for as much of that time as possible, and the plan is agreed before work starts.
For a Disabled Facilities Grant the council usually arranges an occupational therapist assessment before anything is agreed. For privately funded work it is not required, but it can still be very useful.