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Accessibility: Shower Seats and Grab Rails

At AKW we always try to remember that accessibility is relative to each user. A facility that may be seen as accessible for one person, may be completely inaccessible for a different person with…

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5 Top Tips for Preventing Falls in the Bathroom – Infographic

It's Falls Awareness Week, an initiative by Age UK to try and reduce the number of falls which occur in the UK every year. Below, we have posted our 5 Top Tips to avoiding falls in the bathroom. …

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Bad Builders Bang To Rights and How We Helped

Bad Builders Bang To Rights is a new series from ITV, following Dominic Littlewood as he tracks down rogue tradesmen, bad builders and the people whose ‘lives have been ruined’ by them. In the…

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Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs

Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs is a Channel 5 programme where a team of experienced tradespeople put right the errors made by 'Cowboy Builders'. With donations from companies and manufacturers and…

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Introducing the AKW Shower App

The AKW SmartCare Plus shower is the first of its kind… a Bluetooth controlled electric shower. The AKW SmartCare Plus has many care benefits, one of which being the multiple modes of control,…

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What is a Wet Room Former?

Put simply, a wet room former is a shower tray that sits under the tiling or the type of floor that you have in your wet room. Its purpose is to create enough of a fall for water to drain out of the…

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Wet Room Myths

Wet rooms have been growing in popularity recently and look set to continue to do so. However, despite the rise in wet room installation, the myths surrounding wet rooms haven’t been erased.…

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Infographic: Reducing Risk with Dementia-Friendly Bathrooms

Creating a dementia-friendly bathroom can significantly reduce risk for people with dementia, so with September being World Alzheimer's Month, we've produced this infographic to show some of the…

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What is an Occupational Therapist

An occupational therapist is someone who works with people of all ages to support them in overcoming disability. Ways they are able to do this is by providing support in all areas of their life. Such …

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Wet Rooms vs Baths

The battle is on! Here at AKW we have looked into the benefits of both wet rooms and bathrooms, but which would be the better option? Whilst wet rooms are on the rise it’s time to ask the…

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How does a Wet Room work?

Once a wet room is fitted, the components that make up the room all do different jobs to enable the users to get the best results out of the room. But how do they work? Firstly when looking at the …

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Wet Room Popularity Set to Soar

The wet room market has been increasing massively over the last few years and this is only set to skyrocket. AMA Research have concluded that by the year 2020 the wet room/walk in shower market will…

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