Retractable Shower Chair All about the Retractable Shower Chair

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.