It is always unfortunate when the health of an individual requires conversion of their bathroom to an accessible wet-room.  This client had a nasty fall whilst on holiday and since then has never been able to fully walk un-aided.  This makes showering and even toilet visits much more difficult than they need be.

We were asked if we could provide a design for this very small bathroom which would allow wheelchair showering and easier use of the WC.

We suggested a Contour wet-room shower which has an under-flooring tray with in-built gradients and a none-slip Polyfloor Hydro polyvinyl flooring on top.  A wall hung pedestal means a wheel chair can roll underneath and a raised height WC pan makes the toilet easier to get down to and up from.

We and our client are really pleased with the room which has improved it's usability - we think you will agree this is another example which proves that domestic care wet-rooms do not have to look like something extracted from a hospital.

AWI designed, specified, supplied & installed this bathroom.

From start to finish the job included:

• Removal of the existing suite, wall & floor covering
• Installation of new central light fitting
• Excavating the floor to allow installation of the under-floor tray
• Excavation of the driveway to allow installation of a new WC - the existing soil pipe was located within the floor and could not be moved - we excavated, disconnected this old section and tapped in a new external soil pipe connector
• Walls fully tiled (ceramic tiles)
• Floor covered in Polyfloor Hydro including coving up all walls to make it watertight and allow ease of cleaning
• Installation of the new bathroom suite including bi-folding Contour shower door and curtain arrangement, electric shower, 450mm high WC, wall hung basin and towel rail