What the work is
There are two approaches. A floor-mounted frame stands around the toilet and takes its load through the floor. A wall rail anchors into blocking beside it.
Which one suits depends on the room and on how you use it. A frame needs floor space either side; a rail needs a wall in the right place and something behind it.
What neither one should be is a set of arms bolted to the toilet's own fixings. The toilet is porcelain on a wax seal.
What is included
- A look at how you use the room before choosing between them
- The frame or rail, fixed to floor structure or wall blocking
- Load testing before we leave
- Making good around any fixings
What is not
- Anything that takes its load through the toilet itself
- Hollow-wall anchors
- Flooring repair where a frame is bolted through a finish
What it has to hold
A grab bar has to take a 250 pound force. That force is carried by what is behind the wall, not by the bar and not by the fixings on the box. Tile and drywall do not hold it; blocking or a proper structural anchor does.
The same standard applies to a rail as to a bar in a shower. Ask what the finished installation is rated for, not what the box says the part is rated for.
What to ask anyone quoting this, us included
- Frame or rail for this room, and why?
- What is it fixed to?
- Can you test it in front of me?