Help with accessible bathroom

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I’m looking to make a downstairs shower room into a wheelchair friendly one and ideally make it good looking too.

Please share any tips on what works, good suppliers and what to avoid? I think the room measures 3.06m x 1.79m in total. The door into the room is on the 1.79m side.

We currently have a quadrant shower which is too small and I was thinking of replacing it with a wall to wall shower along one end of the room with a shower screen part way across, a low profile tray and wall hung seat. As well as adding in grab rails and a wall hung basin do tell me what else I can do. Thanks so much.

Happened to see some things on tiktok about disability aids. They have grab rails in the form of shelves etc which look really nice, much better than the run of the mill plastic ones.
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Just had a wet room fitted myself. Ask local bathroom fitters for a quote but avoid the specialists that only do wet rooms, they're expensive.

A wet room would be better than a low level tray for a wheelchair user. Does the user transfer from their wheelchair onto a wall mounted seat or would they be using a mobile shower chair? A full height screen can be a barrier if a carer needs to assist. AKW supply accessible bathroom products (supply only) and have useful guidance on their website.

Be careful when it comes to flooring. My fil had non slip tiles which had a sort of roughened texture. They were a pale colour and absolutely impossible to clean.

@bigredboat - I can’t answer this as my husband is just in hospital with his injury so trying to prepare ahead of discharge.

Will your husband ( or whoever uses the bathroom) be a full time wheelchair user? If so the layout would need thinking through carefully- you’d need sufficient room to transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet, for example.

You can get basins which are specifically designed for wheelchair user.

My bathroom was designed for my disability. I’ve got a shower riser which is also a grab rail, plus another grab rail close to it. Looks very nice and not obtrusive.

Definitely go for a full Wetroom, with anti slip flooring such as Altro or Polyfloor.

The OT may be able to refer you for adaptations (think it’s called DFG)

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. At the moment I don’t know if we will need full time wheelchair access but appreciate needing room to transfer. Lots for me to research and thank you so much for all the great suggestions.