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Accessible - Seats

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|<font size="3">'''Suitable for:''' bathers with difficulty standing to bathe, e.g. poor balance, mobility difficulties, stiffness, heavily pregnant, high fever.</font>
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|width="20%"|'''Construction'''
|width="20%"|'''Advantages '''
|width="20%"|'''Disadvantages'''
|width="20%"|'''Improvements / variations'''
|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)
* Durable, strong
* Repels water, easy to clean
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* Stones could be heavy so hard to move
* Might be rough and uncomfortable
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* Use bricks plastered with cement screed or clay paste to make seat smooth
* Inflated inner tube can be placed on rock for comfort
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Wooden stool or chair
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Seat made or bought locally according to the user's specifications
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* Seat lacks drainage
* Unfinished wood will quickly deteriorate
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* Seal wood with paint/varnish to make it waterproof
* To improve drainage, replace solid seat with slats, or add holes in seat (see below)<br>
[[Image:seats4.png|thumb|right|100px|]]
|Medium
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Metal framed bathing bench with woven seat made of recycled tyre inner tubes
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* Soft seat is comfortable to sit
* Rubber repels water
* Webbing provides good drainage
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* User sinks into seat, so can be difficult to get up without support
* Might start to sag with extended use
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Wood frame instead of metal
|Medium
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