Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Seats"

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats3.png|thumb|left|200px|Stone seat]]
  
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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats2.png|thumb|left|200px|Wooden stool or chair]]
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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:seats1.png|thumb|left|270px|Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes]]
  
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
 
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
 
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Stone seat  
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* Locally available materials (e.g. stones, concrete slab)
 
* Locally available materials (e.g. stones, concrete slab)
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Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications
 
Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications
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* Soft seat is comfortable to sit
 
* Soft seat is comfortable to sit
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===Acknowledgements===
 
===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies]  WaterAid.
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* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies]  WaterAid and WEDC.
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[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]]
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[[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]

Latest revision as of 01:28, 31 January 2015

Stone seat
Wooden stool or chair
Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes
Suitable for: bathers with difficulty standing to bathe, e.g. poor balance, mobility difficulties, stiffness, heavily pregnant, high fever.


Construction Advantages Disadvantages Improvements / variations Cost / labour
Stone seat
  • Locally available materials (e.g. stones, concrete slab)
  • Durable, strong
  • Repels water, easy to clean
  • Stones could be heavy so hard to move
  • Might be rough and uncomfortable
  • Use bricks plastered with cement screed or clay paste to make seat smooth
  • Inflated inner tube can be placed on rock for comfort
Low
Wooden stool or chair

Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications

  • Seat lacks drainage
  • Unfinished wood will quickly deteriorate
  • Seal wood with paint/varnish to make it waterproof
  • To improve drainage, replace solid seat with slats, or add holes in seat (see below)
Seats4.png
Medium
Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes
  • Soft seat is comfortable to sit
  • Rubber repels water
  • Webbing provides good drainage
  • User sinks into seat, so can be difficult to get up without support
  • Might start to sag with extended use

Wood frame instead of metal

Medium


Acknowledgements

WaterAid logo.png
WEDC logo.png