Smart home features are rapidly growing in popularity, making our homes more convenient and comfortable. When it comes to the bathroom, smart technology can be used to make it more accessible, using practical automation and adaptive features to create a more functional space. How will you integrate smart technology into your accessible bathroom?
High-tech Accessible Bathroom Solutions
The range of technological advances for the bathroom is astonishing. There are energy-saving features, moisture detection systems, and much more. Smart mirrors incorporate displays that can show news feeds, personal calendars, and other updates, while you’re getting ready. Many even offer voice commands and customisable widgets. Offering a different type of advanced technology, smart toilets feature lids that open automatically, motion-activated flushing, and seats that can be heated to customised temperatures. Toilets with bidet-style cleaning systems provide hygienic and effective cleaning, and there are smart toilets equipped with dryers to finish the process. Some have premium features like UV sanitation, air dryers, and deodorisers to make sure the bowl stays clean. Built-in nightlights make late night bathroom trips safer. There are even smart toilets with Bluetooth speakers and mood lighting, for a spa-like atmosphere.
Smart Home Automation for Bathrooms
Imagine a bathroom where the lights come up gently every morning, gradually increasing in brightness to simulate the sunrise. Programmed from an app, your shower will have the ideal temperature, water flow, and spray pattern to fit your preferences. In the evening, your warm bath runs itself, at the perfect temperature, exactly when you want it, as the lights dim and grow warmer, for a relaxing ambiance. All of this is possible with the new smart bathroom automation, which provides convenience and customisation, to turn your bathroom into an oasis. There are also smart bathtubs with hydrotherapy options for pain relief and relaxation, and touchless faucets that turn on with a voice command or the wave of a hand, without the need to turn a handle or even touch the faucet. These faucets turn on only when needed, so they use 30 percent less water than traditional faucets. They also offer preset temperature controls, customisable flow rates, and automatic shutoff features.
Automated Lighting for Accessible Bathrooms
There are so many different ways lighting can enhance accessible bathrooms. High contrast lighting and colours can assist those with visual impairments, and having adequate lighting can get rid of shadows and dark corners, making a bathroom safer. Automated lighting takes the benefits of good lighting to the next level. Motion sensor lights, both in and on the way to the bathroom, can serve as a guide through the dark and into the bathroom, which is a boon to those who have difficulty finding a light switch in the dark. There are also programmable lights, which can come on at a certain time each day to rouse you, and dim each evening to help you relax.
Best Smart Features for Disabled Users
Which technology has the most significance for disabled users? There is so much to appreciate about all the different options. Smart toilets with built-in hygiene systems are particularly beneficial for those with mobility issues. What’s more, some smart toilets have health monitoring features to track weight, body temperature, and blood pressure, to allow better health management. Smart showers and baths, programmable through app, can prevent scalding while providing a personalised, perfectly comfortable bathing experience. What’s more, there are now advanced floor sensors that reduce the risk of slipping by detecting moisture levels and triggering built-in heating elements to dry slippery surfaces. They can even send an alert to the smart phone app when conditions are potentially hazardous. Finally, automation in lighting is a true breakthrough for people with mobility issues and visual impairment, because it ensures they have enough light when they need it.
Trust Bathing Mobility Advisory Service for High Tech Accessibility for Bathrooms
It can be hard to keep up with evolving technology, which is why it’s important to partner with a company experienced in bathroom design and installation. At Bathing Mobility Advisory Service, we offer a wide range of options available to help you create an accessible bathroom with the styles, colours, and finishes you want, tailored to meet your needs and suit your aesthetic sensibilities. We are specialists in bathroom design and installation, and at our family business in Edinburgh, BMAS still operates from the family values and service on which our company was built. Our bathrooms are not only practical, but also beautiful, and our team is committed to helping people bathe safely and independently in their homes. We will work with you to create a bathroom design that suits you, and most bathrooms are completed within a working week. From design to completion, BMAS is with you every step of the way, and we will only sign off on a project when both you and the installation manager are pleased with the results. We hold ourselves to a high standard, and are proud of the work we do, providing quality workmanship backed by dedicated service . Visit one of our showrooms to learn more, or contact us for a free home visit and no-obligation quote.