Shower tray dangers
Shower tray safety awareness is fundamental if small children or elderly people use the shower or even if it is just used on a daily basis.
Your shower tray can be the cause of many terrible, even fatal accidents. This guide will ensure that you do not have any accidents involving your shower tray.
Dangers of a shower tray
Imagine if a fragile, elderly relative uses your shower slips and for instance breaks their hip. This is a possibility and so the dangers of
shower trays need to be taken seriously. These include:
- If the shower tray hasn’t been cleaned properly then an elderly person could slip and break a bone. Or even suffer a heart attack from the shock of the fall.
- If a shower tray has got slippery soap on it then a small child could slip and crack their head open on the edge of the shower tray or the shower tiles.
- Even if you leave a bar of soap on the shower tray and get in the shower half asleep in the morning, you could fall and seriously injure yourself.
ccident Prevention for a shower tray
Now that it has been made obvious just how dangerous a
shower tray can be it is important that you follow these steps to avoid any kind of accident.
- Regularly cleaning your shower tray with a citrus based shower cleaner can prevent the build up of grease and soap scum. The cleaner should be left on for around 10 minutes and then scrubbed and rinsed away with hot water.
- Avoid buying any oil-based products for children to use. These will make the shower tray slippery and lead to accidents.
- Attaching a hanging rack to the shower wall to hold any bottles or bars of soap will make sure that there isn’t any danger of accidents from a slippery shower tray.
- Replacing a smooth surface shower tray for one with a non-slip textured shower tray will reduce the risk of slipping.
