Bathroom Refurbishment Feature
Maintenance & Refurbishment Comfort height – a big deal
Lecico’s Adam Lay discusses what comfort height means and why it’s something to consider when planning a bathroom refurbishment
all about? In short, comfort height is a taller seating position, designed to be a more
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comfortable seating position for the user. The concept was born from commercial and speciality sanitaryware products, but now comes with a modern domestic twist. Comfort height toilets are not bound by any legal restrictions and can be designed with a wider audience in mind than the original raised height DocM (Document M of the Building Regulations) products designed for wheelchair users. When the modern toilet was designed in 1778 (by Joseph Bramah – not
Thomas Crapper) the average height of a man was 5’6”. Today’s modern man stands at around 5’10”, yet this increase in height has not been matched by changes to toilets, which have remained around the same height for the last 250 years. Due mainly to legislation surrounding accessible WCs and in particular DocM, the manufacturing of toilets with an increased height has grown significantly.
omfort height is a buzzword that anyone shopping for a new toilet will probably hear, be it in a showroom or in a traditional plumbers’ merchants. But what does comfort height mean, and what is the fuss
These products have now started to make their way into domestic life and are
far more comfortable to use. They also provide benefits for an aging and taller population, providing relief on the user’s knees and back. Looking after your knees is increasingly important within the plumbing
trade, where there is a real focus on knee health – the use of knee pads being heavily advised and promoted. What was once an afterthought is now being viewed as a preventable issue, so simple things like using comfort height toilets can only be a good thing. This new generation of raised height WCs have taken the traditionally
commercial designs and modernised them, making comfort height a viable option for a modern family bathroom or washroom. As demand for comfort height grows, manufactures are responding and adding products to their collections. Looking around bathroom showrooms today you’ll see this increased presence of comfort height products which, when paired with stylish basins or furniture, are at first glance indistinguishable. An average toilet pan is 400 mm high, a dimension that hasn’t changed in
over 250 years. Comfort height toilets add an additional height of around 40 to 50 mm, which makes a far more comfortable seating position of around 475
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