Clos-o-Mat toilets offer hygiene in Lifetime Homes

Total Hygiene is assisting a housing association which helped shape the 'Lifetime Homes' concept to prove how easy adaptability can transform the lives of its tenants.

Habinteg Housing Association developed the original Lifetime Homes Standard with Joseph Rowntree Foundation, laying down 16 design criteria to ensure a new home is accessible, flexible in use and easily adaptable for a range of people, including a wheelchair accessible, entrance level WC for use by householders and visitors alike.

Clayton Heights in Bradford, originally developed by Hanover Housing and subsequently acquired by Habinteg, initially had six of Total Hygiene's Clos-o-Mat wash and dry toilets installed to meet specific adaptations for individual requirements.

As residents' needs have changed, that number has grown, with 11 now in situ and in daily use by the specific residents.

To ensure tenants' independence continues, Habinteg has also committed to service and maintenance contracts on the Clos-o-Mats, again provided by Total Hygiene.

The Clos-o-Mat looks like a conventional WC but features integral douching and drying facilities operated by either hand or body pressure on the flush lever or 'soft touch' remote control pad.

The removal of the need to 'wipe clean' enables users to toilet independently and with privacy and dignity.

With the provision of a suitable electrical connection, the unit can be simply installed in place of a traditional loo.

The Clos-o-Mat is covered under Disabled Facilities Grants; appreciating people's changing needs, Total Hygiene has also introduced a range of supply options for social housing providers, be it purchase of new or refurbished units to short- medium term rental strategies.

Total Hygiene not only exclusively manufactures the Clos-o-Mat in the UK, but is the only disabled toilet manufacturer in the country to support its equipment with comprehensive, nationwide service and maintenance.

The company has some 40,000 Clos-o-Mats installed, some of which are still in regular use 30 years after being first fitted.

The Clos-o-Mat toilet is the only one of its kind developed specifically for disabled people, and to have WRAS approval enabling legal connection to the mains water supply.

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