The supply of washrooms for commercial projects is driven by the demands for off-site control of quality, consistency, price and ease of maintenance.
Typically, these systems are specified by architects for a wide range of projects including:
- Education: Schools and Colleges
- Commercial: Offices
- Entertainment: Cinemas, Theatres, Restaurants and Bars
- Sport and Leisure: Hotels, Swimming Pools and Sports Centers
- Retail: Shopping Centres
- Health: Hospitals and Primary Care
- Government Buildings: Offices and Defence Premises
- Transport: Airports
- Industrial: Factories and Wwarehouses
From the simplest WC cubicle systems or fully Integrated Plumbing Systems (IPS) to elaborate and high quality hotel restrooms, industry leaders in this sector offer a vast range of systems and products to meet varied requirements. Integrated Plumbing Systems are a recent innovation, these systems enable the water and waste pipework to be concealed and contained within easy to clean and access paneled and framed assemblies.
We are well aware that Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) are one of the most pressing issues facing the NHS today. According to the Department of Health one in ten patients acquires a HAI, and those who do contract an infection stay in hospital nearly three times longer than ordinary patients.
Infection control protocols and requirements in healthcare premises have focused upon hand wash facilities to control the spread of bacteria. Domestic style wash basins set into worktops for example are no longer acceptable because of the risk associated the with accumulated bacteria upon difficult to clean surfaces and sealant joints.
Accordingly the installation of these (IPS) systems for hand-wash facilities is now a pre-requisite for new GP Surgery and Hospitals and a key tool in the fight against infection (see Health Technical Memoranda 68 and 64)
For more information upon the systems available see http://www.theconstructioncentre.co.uk/products/search/commercial-bathrooms
Where to buy washrooms
- Cannon Hygiene Ltd - Northgate, White Lund, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA3 3BJ, 0870 444 1988
- Aluline Ltd - 1 Aldborough Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2EU, 01670 544322
- Geberit Sales Ltd - Geberit House, Academy Drive, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6QZ, 01926 516800
- Kennedy Hygiene Products Limited - Brookside, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1YA, 01825 768141
- Bristan - Birch Coppice Business Park, Dordon, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 1SG, 0844 701 6271
- Grant Westfield Ltd - Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH11 2QH, 0131 3376262
- Strath-Air Limited - Unit 22 Parkburn, Parkburn Ind Est, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 0QQ, 01698 721990
- Commercial Washrooms - Unit 12 Cabot Business Village, Holyrood Close, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7BA, 01202 650900