An ideal bathroom is a safe bathroom that can be accessed by kids, young people, elderly, and people with different ability easily. It is good to build a bathroom that can be accessed by disable people even though we don’t live with them.
To build an ideal bathroom, we need to use ADA bathroom dimensions as our standard. For example, we need to provide shower seats in our shower. Use L shaped foldable shower seats in your shower. Choose shower seats that the shower stalls are accessible.
Make sure you mount the stalls or seats about 430mm too 485mm high from the flooring. When you are mounting the seats, remember to provide clearance from the shower walls behind the seats at least 40mm.
Ideal ADA bathroom guidelines for foldable L shaped shower seat is 585mm long for wide section and 405mm long for narrow section.
The ideal ADA bathroom dimensions for accessible shower stalls are 915mm x 915mm. Once you get accessible shower stalls for your shower, mount them on your shower wall.
Make sure that you choose ideal foldable shower seats that are strong enough and are able to withstand a person with more than two hundred and fifty pounds weight. Besides the shower seats ADA bathroom dimensions, you must pay attention to ADA mirrors’ guidelines.
Mount the wall mirror on the ideal height. Mount your mirror on the wall and make sure that the reflective surface on the bottom edge is 1015mm high over bathroom flooring. Choose universally useable wall mirror for your bathroom such as single mirror with full length.
Now, install holders for toilet paper on the right position. Use roll dispensers and install them in your bathroom. Roll dispensers are much better and more recommended than folded tissue dispensers since folded tissue dispensers require us to use our finger to pinch the tissue.
Ideal ADA bathroom dimensions, especially for toilet paper holder is at least 485mm over your bathroom flooring. For the soap dishes, use the standard ADA bathroom plans. Mount your soap dishes nearby your shower controls.
Ideal height of soap dishes are between 965mm and 1220mm over our bathroom floor. You can mount your soap dishes between bathtub rim and grab bar. If you prefer using soap dispenser, make sure that the push buttons also the pistons can be operated with just one hand.
And choose soap dispensers that can be operable without tight pinching or grasping or twisting wrist. Standard ADA bathroom dimensions for soap dispensers are 1120mm above bathroom floor.
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Here are ADA bathroom dimensions you must use if you want to build an accessible bathroom for people with different abilities and elderly. Use the criteria here and build a safe bathroom.
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