Knowledgebase FAQs

What are the Dimensions of a Disabled Toilet Room?

Wheelchair users should be able to approach, transfer to and use the sanitary facilities provided within a building.  This requires the provision of a wheelchair-accessible unisex toilet. The following article explores the dimensions required according to Doc M of the UK building regulations.

What are the Dimensions of a Disabled Changing Room?

In shopping and leisure facilities wheelchair users should be able to approach, transfer to and use the disabled changing facilities. The recommended dimensions of a disabled shower and changing room are at least 2200mm deep x 2000mm wide.

What are the Dimensions of a Disabled Bathroom?

In hotels, hospitals, and sports facilities wheelchair users should be able to approach, transfer to, and use the available bathroom facilities. The recommended dimensions of a disabled bathroom are at least 2700mm deep x 2500mm wide.

What are the different types of toilets?

Commercial Washrooms supplies 4 types of toilet pans and cistern arrangements, each with their own suitability for certain installations and environments. Our team can offer specialist advice on the right toilets to use in a range of different environments.

What Are The Standard Toilet Cubicle Sizes?

The sizes of toilet cubicles can vary from type of person using the washroom from able bodied to wheelchair accessible. Our guide sets out the dimensions used as standards.

How Many Toilets and Sinks Should There be in a Washroom? | Commercial Washrooms

When designing a new washroom in schools and other commercial settings it is important to ensure you have the correct number of toilets and basins. Our guide explains more.

How can I reduce vandalism in my washroom?

Every aspect of the commercial washroom has the potential to be damaged and vandalised. For owners and managers of modern commercial facilities there are a number of ways to minimise this and therefore save money and the bad impressions this can create. The following is a brief list of the areas within a washroom which are prone to vandalism along with our suggestions of how you might combat this.

What is the Ideal Washroom Toilet Cubicle Configuration?

Toilet cubicle configuration is often the most confusing element of determining the cost of the cubicles you require. Once you have identified how many toilet cubicles you need and from which material they should be manufactured, how do you decipher the jargon and decide which configuration you need?

How to: Fit Urinal Push Flush Valves and Push Flow Shower Valves

Plumbing in urinal push flush valves often creates unnecessary confusion, simply because many have 1/2" male threaded ends and fitters often find the site plumbing is metric 15mm pipe.

Connecting standard 15mm (or rarely 22mm) pipework to the 1/2" threaded connection is relatively simple and is the same procedure for fitting standard taps with 1/2" connections to 15mm pipework. Usually in the case of taps a 1/2" to 15mm tap connector, either straight through or flexible would be purchased and nothing more thought of it.

What Materials are Toilet Cubicles made from?

The modern toilet cubicle is functional and easy to maintain, however there are choices to be made on the material used in manufacture. This is often dependant on budget and robustness. We attempt to discuss the differences here.