Disability Aids Guide

Grab Rails are designed to help situations in the property where extra support is needed, e.g., the bathroom and toilet area. Available in different dimensions, Waterbury supply fixed Grab Rails that can be straight or angled (the latter being manufactured as Specials) providing safe and secure support that is ideal for all requirements.

Various Fold Down also known as Hinged Rails are also available to co-ordinate with straight fixed Grab Rails.

All fixed or Hinged Grab Rails comply to and satisfy the required standards.

Approved Document M (2004) – Access to and use of buildings

Approved and issued by Secretary of State for the purpose of providing practical guidance with respect to the requirements of Schedule 1 to and regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 2000 for England and Wales.

The revised Document M gives guidance to service providers on the changes required to access and use of buildings in order for them to satisfy the provisions in the section of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, which came into effect in October 2004.

In Section 5 it states as its primary objective that in principle suitable sanitary accommodation should be available to everybody, including wheelchair users, ambulant disabled people, people of either sex with babies and small children, or people encumbered by luggage.

Design considerations are also referred to relating to the needs of people with visual or hearing impairments, people with learning difficulties, or those who lack tactile sensitivity, and could be injured by touching hot surfaces.

A typical Doc M Pack consists of:

• Toilet Pan & cistern
• Basin complete with Taps and waste
• Grab Rails – fixed and hinged
• All necessary fixtures and fittings to complete installation