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Kitchens, Washrooms & Changing Areas
School toilet guidelines updated- new
summary document published
Guidelines on school toilet provision have been updated for new build
and refurbishment/conversion projects.
Closomat, Britain’s leading provider of accessible toilets in and out of
the home, has addressed changes to Department for Education/
Education Funding
Agency guidelines
and the latest British
Standard, in one,
easy reference
document.
The white paper-
Considerations &
Specification of
Assisted Accessible
Toilet Facilities in
Educational
Buildings- in one
place covers the key
elements of the revised Building Bulletin 104, and BS8300:2018. It
enables specifiers to easily cross-reference their specifications and
designs to ensure appropriate compliance on accessibility and special
needs.
Robin Tuffley, Closomat marketing manager said “As all the key criteria
are now in one document, school estates managers can use the white
paper to put in place the groundwork for a compliant, appropriate
scheme, ready to be installed during term recesses, depending on the
amount of time required to effect the upgrade or refurbishment.”
www.clos-o-mat.com
Give your bathroom the love it deserves
When it comes to home
decorating, are you a freethinking
maverick or a slave to
the latest trends? Whatever your
persuasion, you will find your
own style of perfection in
Multipanel’s new 2019
Collection.
Hot on the heels of the
company’s hugely successful
launches of the Linda Barker and
Heritage Collections in 2018,
Multipanel is introducing 18
brand new waterproof wall panel
and flooring products.
As far as decorative preferences
go, grey continues to top the
charts for home owners. Its sheer versatility and extensive tonal
range, from almost black (Graphite Elements, Linda Barker
Collection, pictured) to much softer, lighter shades (Jupiter Silver,
Classic Collection, pictured) make grey this year’s go-to neutral for
the home decorator.
Sarah McLean, Multipanel’s managing director, said, “Bathroom
makeovers are not something our customers want to do very often,
so it’s important for us to ensure we can provide them with products
capable of transcending the latest trend reports – ones that will
continue to look current for 10-15 years or more.”
www.multipanel.co.uk
AKW launches its new anti-slip vinyl
flooring range
AKW, one of the UK’s leading
providers of accessibility solutions,
continues to build its one stop
shop offering for bathroom
adaptation installers with the
launch of a new anti-slip vinyl
flooring range. Available from
February, installers will be able to
choose from six colours and the
design of this durable safety
flooring has been developed
considering risk of falls factors such
as slip resistance, visual contrast
and texture.
Suitable for wet rooms as well as
other bathroom adaptations - due to its high barefoot and footwear
slip resistance - the flooring range conforms to both HSE and
International standards. In fact its PTV (Pendulum Test Value)
exceeds wet room requirement standards, providing complete
peace of mind for end users.
The six colours options have been chosen based on their popularity
within the bathroom adaptation market. However, as a care
provider, the flooring design does not contain any large speckles, as
these can be interpreted as pieces of dirt by those with dementia,
resulting in the bathroom user attempting to pick them up and
increasing the risk of fall.
www.akw-ltd.co.uk
Another level of bathing with Viega
Viega has launched two
new products to its
award-winning
drainage and overflow
range – the Multiplex
Visign M9 and the
Multiplex Trio Visign
MT9. Suitable for all
bathtubs with a
standardised overflow
hole, the range is also
simple to retrofit.
Easy to install, the new additions have the same functional unit for all
equipment sets to allow for simple design selection. In retro-fit
situations, the fittings come with a conversion kit which consists of a
fastening glance and rotatable collar to easily replace the old
equipment.
Adding further bathing comfort, a gentle touch at the rotatable collar
allows for the water level to be raised an additional five centimetres
‘above normal level’. A gentle pull at the unit then lowers the water to
return to normal levels. In both cases, the overflow function remains
active, to prevent flooding. If the overflow function is not active, the
water will flow away through the rotatable collar.
“Nominated for the German Design Prize, “Designpreis Deutschland”
and a winner of the Red Dot Design Award, the sleek design lines of
the Multiplex series provides an unobtrusive feature that complements
all commercial bathtubs,” said Scott James, Managing Director at
Viega. “
www.viega.co.uk
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