I the past when I specified wet floors I tended to use Altro as it
seemed to clean easier. Their specification might have changed over the
years though.
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From: Accessibuilt list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of John Rainey
Sent: 16 June 2006 14:14
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Subject: Re: Accessible Shower Tray
I have had a lot of very good advice from many people on this subject
and thought I would give you all some feedback. I have decided to make a
wet-room using a flooring product call Polyflor. There may be other
suitable products and I am not trying to advertise the name and I have
no connection with the company. They have different flooring, one for
occasional wet areas called standard and another designed to be slip
resistant under foot when wet called hydro. The hydro has dimples which
help the foot adhere to the floor better in wet conditions. I will use
the standard which has the same non-slip components but without the
dimples. I chose this because I thought manoeuvring a wheelchair on the
hydro would cause it to warp. The product is welded at the joints and is
placed over a coving where the floor meets the wall to produce an easy
to clean, hygenic and most importantly waterproof area. It also looks to
be an extremely hard wearing vinyl and abrasive to touch.
John
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> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:16:02 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Accessible Shower Tray
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi John,
> we kitted out the shower room for my daughter and use traditional
quarry tiles - with a skirting of bull-nosed tiles one tile high - they
last forever are much more easily cleaned than any synthetic material,
give a better water seal than any of the glues or bonding agents. In
terms of design I would suggest you play about with your chair to see
what sort of gradient you are happy using for stability because the
better the fall you have to the drain the drier the room will be but if
the fall is too much you may find it annoying from the point of view of
the chair wanting to move.
> My daughter's shower room is downstairs so I would guess that a felt
> layer and a good damp-proof membrane would need to go down and lap up
> the walls before you lay the screed for the tiles good luck Vin Vin
> West Secretary, Arfon Access Group Glyn Dwr Llandwrog Uchaf Caernarfon
> Gwynedd
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Rainey
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:34 AM
> Subject: Accessible Shower Tray
> Hi Everyone!
> I would like some advice and for those who don't know me I am a
wheelchair user. I am having workmen in to refurbish my bathroom and I
want a wheel in shower. I am not going for a shower tray but opting for
a tiled floor because I believe it will provide a better finish (most
of the wheelchair friendly pre-built trays have a small upstand and ---
The are so expensive!). I don't know whether or not this is relevant but
the floor to the upstairs bathroom is wooden floor panels.
> Are there any design/construction issues I need to be aware of? This
shower will get heavily used as I have a wife & three children who all
take at least one shower a day so advice on the type of tile etc. would
be useful.
> Thanks,
> John
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