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vercrowded locker rooms, believe, invested as much as they should do
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slippery surfaces, low quality to attract more customers. People want Locker room floor
towels, poor shower facilities... safe, secure, easy to use lockers which
the list of ways swimming guarantee their belongings, plenty of room
accidents top
pools can deter their customers is a to change in and relax after a swim, top
insurance claims
substantial one. quality towels good hair dryers, rinsing
Whether it is the public at commercial machines for customers and toiletries – and Slipping accidents are the most common
pools, members at private leisure clubs or individual not ‘mass ranked’ showers. hazards associated with locker room wet
guests and friends at private pools the ‘out “Locker rooms are not home bathrooms areas. What is the best flooring for your
of pool’ experience is now becoming one and whereas pools and leisure centres may facility to prevent such accidents? The
of the biggest factors in enjoying the be capable of providing facilities to predominant flooring in a locker room is
swimming experience. accommodate a couple of hundred people a textured tile and many are choosing
The style, amenities and products in or more at once, locker rooms are only non-slip, porous, anti-fungal mats.
and around wet leisure areas are now capable of adequately accommodating
increasingly important. small portions of these simultaneously. As You may also find carpeting in locker
Alison Thomas is a south west consultant a result, people find themselves feeling rooms. Whilst this isn’t advisable in the
for leisure groups and hotels who employ locked in like sardines when using the wet areas it is becoming more common
her to get the facilities around pools and facilities and the whole thing becomes a in locker and dressing areas. There is
leisure centres spot on. less than pleasant experience. still a potential problem with traditional
“I think generally the investment into “Another area which could use a bit of carpeting: It is difficult to keep clean
amenities around swimming pools and improvement is in the number of enclosed and to disinfect and powder, lotions and
gyms has been falling away. Hotels naturally shower stalls they provide for patrons. other personal care products can get
tend to do it better and more professionally Currently, clubs and pools may have as few into the carpet fibres.
but commercial pools have not, I don’t as eight shower stalls available to the same
Pool basin units from Vitrathene: – ”facilities must be up market“
“LOCKER ROOMS ARE NOT HOME BATHROOMS AND
WHEREAS POOLS AND LEISURE CENTRES MAY BE CAPABLE
OF PROVIDING FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE A COUPLE
OF HUNDRED PEOPLE OR MORE AT ONCE, LOCKER ROOMS
ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATING
SMALL PORTIONS OF THESE SIMULTANEOUSLY”
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