Bathroom Design Ideas

Many accidents happen in the bathroom due to the proximity of water and electricity. If you have elderly family members or children, then you need to ensure that your bathroom is as safe as possible. Using bathmats will prevent people from slipping when stepping out of the bath and grab-rails should be installed to assist disabled or elderly people.

If there are electric appliances in the bathroom, they should be kept well away from water. If you enjoy listening to music whilst taking a bath, be sure to place the radio as far away from the bath as possible, so that it does not come into contact with water. If you have a plug just outside the bathroom door, use that for your radio rather than one inside the bathroom, in order to avoid getting the plug wet.

If you are not experienced at installing lights or heaters, have the job done professionally, so that everything will be wired-up safely. It may also be a good idea to avoid having electric heaters in the bathroom at all. Use pull cords for lights as opposed to light switches, so if you have any light switches in the room, remove them and have a pull cord fitted instead.

Whilst glass objects, such as shelves or screens look good, they may not be safe, especially if you have small children running around. Medicine cabinets should also be locked or placed high up, to prevent easy access to bottles or tablets.

Water can get very hot, so it is important that adults should be in charge of running baths for children and should remain with them at all times.

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