Standard rails are suitable for bathroom installation. They may be plastic, plastic coated with a metal core for reinforcement, stainless steel or chrome.

Suitable curved timber will be found among ash, maple, oak, cherry and other species growing close to home, not to mention cultivated garden trees, being easier to work when green, and often requiring little more than following the grown bend with the blade. For the small boat that isn’t out of a mould, or the one that is but wants to break it, grown grab rails, door handles and drawer pulls provide shapely and tactile alternatives to the run-of-the-mill products of fitting out. 01 Grown grab rail made from hedgerow hawthorn 02 The found hawthorn branch had a natural curve 03 Hewing away the hawthorn’s scaly bark 04 Hawthorn is fine-grained and durable but often knotty The lower portion is usually set horizontally and acts as a forearm support. This enables the user's body weight to be distributed through his or her forearm which may be helpful for someone with painful hands or wrists. sitting down or standing up from the toilet, or standing to manage your clothes when using a toilet Some have a support leg which rests down on the floor when the rail is horizontal. Some models provide a single horizontal rail which provides support at one height; others consist of a looped rail which provides two alternative gripping positions. Some of these rails have a built-in toilet roll holder.Important Note: It does NOT include a frail elderly person who is otherwise able-bodied or any person who is only temporarily disabled or incapacitated, such as with a broken limb. Part of the rail can be fixed at an angle of 13° upwards towards the head end of the bath to provide an inclined support.

A wide range of finished hand rails are available from DIY chains for you to choose from. A plain 50mm mop head cross section softwood rail may be used. The finish of the rails may be important from an aesthetic point of view and also for the grip surface it provides. The single loop grab rail is an ideal starting point since branches grow abundantly with the gently parabolic form required, needing only basic hand tools to liberate the boat fitting from within.

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Consider your daily routine. What movements are you making or what activities are you doing when you feel that additional support, or something to hold on to, would give you extra safety? For example:

Floor to ceiling railsare vertical rails which are attached to both the floor and the ceiling. They can be held at any point up the bar for general support and can be useful in the process of standing up/sitting down.Are you looking for just the right grab rail? Well, we certainly have a wide range here at Mobility World. We know it's not just when you get in and out of the shower or the bath that you need grab rails.

with a physical or mental impairment which has a long-term and substantial adverse effect upon his/her ability to carry out everyday activities;A 600mm long horizontal rail 680mm from the floor beside, and extending in front, of the toilet pan for use when sitting down on the toilet. This rail can be horizontal or set at an angle of up to 15 degrees. Alternative suggested measurements are a minimum 500mm long rail, at a height of 600mm from the floor, with the rear fixing 400mm from the wall at the rear of the toilet. Straight rails are wall-fixed rails which run in one direction only. They can be fixed in a horizontal or a vertical position, or at an incline or angle. After further shaping of ends with the spokeshave (8) I burnished the piece with its own shavings and sealed the grain with oil and wax. The fiddles around the edge of tables and work surfaces which, are designed to stop items rolling off, can if made strong enough and securely fastened be very convenient handrails. The height will depend on your needs, often at the same height as an existing banister rail. This is usually between 900-1000mm above the pitch line of the stairs.