You might have been contemplating to have a chair in your shower area, but were held back from having one due to lack of space in the bathroom or the shower enclosure. You need not postpone purchasing your requirements any more as there is a solution to constraints imposed by available space in the bathing or showering area. With the introduction of retractable chair your problem is solved as it offers the most practical solution to your space related problem. Here’s a chair that can be folded up and down or fixed on the wall of your shower.
This retractable chair is fixed to one of the walls of your bathroom with a frame. The frame may be adjusted to suit the height of the bather. This flexibility makes it a very useful item in the bathroom. However, it may pose a problem where the wall of the bathroom is not strong enough to bear the weight of the chair and its occupant who may be a child or a robust adult. You could not expect a plaster board wall on a timber frame to be strong enough to withstand the kind of pressure and weight caused by such a chair.
A not so strong wall should not dishearten you from having a retractable chair for an alternate design is available. In this case, the chair is provided with built in legs that come to rest on the floor when you lower the chair seat and get folded on raising the chair up after you have used it. So that element of risk associated with its fixing on not so strong a wall is taken care of.
A retractable shower chair makes a sensible choice when space is a constraint. It offers a perfect solution because the flexibility it offers. For those who need one, it is already there and those who do not need it can just fold it up and let it rest against the wall of the shower enclosure.
If you have identified the need for a shower chair, but you are struggling with space constraints in either your bathroom or your shower enclosure then the
retractable shower chair may well be the sensible alternative. The retractable shower chair is sometimes also referred to as the fold up, fold down, or wall mounted chair for your shower.
In essence the chair is attached to the wall with a frame. The frame is sometimes adjustable to allow differing heights and builds of those using the shower to use the chair quickly and easily. The retractable shower chair needs to be fixed to a wall robust enough to take the weight of an adult when the chair is attached. A plaster board wall on a timber frame will not typically be suitable for such a chair as it is unlikely that the fixings to the wall will be robust enough to take this weight.
If the wall does not seem as though it will take sufficient weight then there are retractable chair alternatives which have legs which extend when the chair seat is lowered or raised into place. This type of fitting considerably reduces the risk if the type of wall and wall fixing is in doubt.
In summary the retractable shower chair is a sensible option if space is a constraint. In addition it allows a number of differing ability types to use the shower as for those who need a chair for their shower, one is available, already installed. And for those who don’t, the chair is easily stored out of the way against the shower enclosure wall.
Andrea Jones provides a great free resource including reviews of all the latest models of retractable shower chairs.
Jill was finding bathing in the bath difficult. She found it difficult to get into the bath for fear of slipping. Her carer had told her that an sensible alternative was using a shower chair in her shower. Unfortunately she shared her house with a couple of other female friends neither of whom needed to use a chair in the shower.
Her consultant suggested a
retractable shower chair which she had previously not even known about but she had decided to take his advice and was now in the process of getting one fitted. Apparently the retractable chair attached to the wall with a frame (it had to be a solid wall so that the chair could support her weight fully). She was a little worried about the fixing of the chair to the wall. She worried that if the wall was not a solid block wall it may not be strong enough, but the fitter assured her it was adequate.
What she liked about the retractable shower chair was that she could use it for her showers, but when she was not using it it simply folded away very neatly against the wall which meant it did not get in the way of her friends showers.
The retractable shower chair is a great space saving device for those in need of assistance when using the shower but don't have the space to have a chair permanently in the bathroom. There are many varied models available including attractive designs in hardwood, such as teak. Before deciding on your particular chair for your shower make sure you don't overlook the retractable shower chair.
Andrea Jones helps you choose the right shower chair for your needs in her valuable free, not to be missed, resource covering different styles of shower chairs, the best models to select and a selection of great retractable shower chairs.
A retractable shower chair is really useful if there is not a great deal of room in the bathroom and the shower enclosure. The chair seat folds down into the wall when not in use so that the shower is easily usable by both individuals who need to use a shower chair and those who do not, with no significant set up effort for either.
The basis of the retractable shower chair is a frame which is attached to the wall with brackets. The retractable shower chair is also sometimes called the hinged shower chair, the fold up shower chair or the fold down shower chair depending upon the specific mechanism used to attach the chair seat to the frame.
It is important that the wall that the frame is attached to is sturdy and capable of suppporting the weight that a fully grown adult would place on the shower chair when the chair is in use. It is also important that the fixings used to attach the frame to the wall are appropriate for the wall. For instance using raw plugs in a plaster boarded timber framed wall would almost certainly be inappropriate as the fixings would simply not be sufficient to take the full weight of an adult. In such a circumstance there would very likely be a risk that the fixings would fail and injury could ensue.
If the wall used does not appear to be sufficiently robust to keep the frame and shower chair stable and in place then the sensible course of action would be select a retractable shower chair which incorporated legs that extended down to the shower enclosure floor when in use. These models are easily located and would comfortably solve the problem of the wall that is not strong enough for a completely hanging shower chair.
The frame usually has an adjustable mechanism which allows the shower chair height to be moved up and down depending upon the size of the shower user. This adjustable height mechanism is also useful if there are likely to be more than one user of the shower chair as it will be easy and straightforward to adjust the height to suit.
One final thing to note about the use of a retractable shower chair is the maximum weight used on the chair, on the assumption that the wall fixings are strong is of the order of 280lbs. Using these type of chairs beyond this weight may well risk injury from a collapsing seat.
There are a large number of model choices of the retractable shower chair. These models can be found by searching online for suppliers of retractable shower chairs or retractable shower benches. Best of luck in your search.
