Accessible bathrooms
Designing bathrooms for reduced vision
Where jobs go wrong
Avoid highly reflective floors, which can appear wet or uneven to someone with limited vision.
For a user with reduced vision, the difference between fittings and background is what makes the room usable. Tone contrast beats colour choice.
What makes it usable
A dark seat and rails against light walls make the WC and support points immediately readable.
Avoid highly reflective floors, which can appear wet or uneven to someone with limited vision.
Common questions
Does everything need to contrast?
The key touch points do, WC seat, rails, door and light switches.
Is bright light always better?
Even, glare-free light is better than sheer brightness, which can dazzle.
Other guides you may want
Want the awkward part looked at first?
Access, existing pipework and floor build-up are the things that change a plan. Those get checked before anything is promised.