Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Moveable Seats"
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image: | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:moveable_seat2.png|thumb|left|260px|Low wooden or bamboo toilet stool with hole in seat, placed over toilet hole, without funnel]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image: | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:moveable_seat1.png|thumb|left|220px|Wooden or bamboo toilet with hole in seat, placed over toilet hole with funnel as a splash guard ]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:moveable_seat3.png|thumb|left|260px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:moveable_seat3.png|thumb|left|260px|Standard varnished wooden chair with hole cut in the seat]] |
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Low wooden or bamboo toilet stool with hole in seat, placed over toilet hole, with or without funnel as a splash guard (see lower image) | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Low wooden or bamboo toilet stool with hole in seat, placed over toilet hole, with or without funnel as a splash guard''' (see lower image) |
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* Easy to construct | * Easy to construct | ||
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|Low | |Low | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Standard varnished wooden chair with hole cut in the seat | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Standard varnished wooden chair with hole cut in the seat''' |
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* Comfortable | * Comfortable | ||
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* Add a splashguard to the front. | * Add a splashguard to the front. | ||
* Add ‘runners’ - horizontal bars joining the bottom of the legs to better distribute the weight on the floor, to reduce damage. | * Add ‘runners’ - horizontal bars joining the bottom of the legs to better distribute the weight on the floor, to reduce damage. | ||
| − | [[Image:moveable_seat_runners.png| | + | [[Image:moveable_seat_runners.png|thumb|120px|Credit: WaterAid / Layford Jere]] |
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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. | + | * 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. |
| + | [[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:36, 2 February 2015
| Suitable for: Users users who have difficulty squatting, including overweight people, heavily pregnant women, older people, disabled people. |
| Construction | Advantages | Disadvantages | Improvements / variations | Cost / labour |
| Low wooden or bamboo toilet stool with hole in seat, placed over toilet hole, with or without funnel as a splash guard (see lower image) |
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Painting or varnishing would make it more durable, easier to clean and more hygienic. | Low |
| Standard varnished wooden chair with hole cut in the seat |
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Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
