Up with loos!

Why dont you all just stand over loo?

That's so handy to know about premier inns..My 93 year old dad lives with us (we have all the disability aides here) but know if ever we went away overnight it would involve lots of research. Rooms that are joined would also be helpful but doubt they do that.

Oh, Gawd - another indignity of old age to look forward to!

I bought my RADAR Key from coopersofstortford.co.uk for £6.99 and they delivered it in a neat little package only 3 days later!

But some TIC's have free ones.

I know exactly what you're saying!

I don't know about the big places like London as I never go there but in other areas I've noticed it's really awkward and painful for me with my rheumatoid/osteo and painful back to sit on a loo because some are so low! I just have to squat over then ''throw'' myself on, clenching my teeth tight as pain rips through me then the same to stand up, rocking back and forth!

Thankfully I have a RADAR Key but not everywhere has disabled loos!

We're lucky where we live because there's normal loo's but there's also a disabled one at the TIC just over the road from the normal ones and I find I don't have any problem with the height of the normal ones!

Thanks Nan Kate , I too have IBS , husband has Alzheimer's so this will be invaluable - just ordered one .

I had been thinking the same about low slung loos mine is relatively new so I’m wondering why anyone would go out of there way to install one such, Is there some hidden benefit to them being so low?- that is apart from those in an infant school🤔

Disability Rights U.K. is where you can buy an official Radar Key. No questions are asked when purchasing. I have IBS so having a key like this takes the worry away of finding an available loo. I take the key with me everywhere.

You have no idea how reassured I am by all your posts!
Given that it’s not your average dinner table topic, I was worried it was “just me”. What a relief!(See what I did there?)

Thanks grandMattie I haven’t heard of them. We tend to be a bit behind with things like that.

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A radar key is one you buy so as to be able to unlock disabled loo doors.
Oh SueDonim, 🤣😂🤣 - it’s just the sort of thing I’d do!

I'm still laughing SueDonim! Hilarious but so easily done.

What is a radar key ? I don’t think we have them here.

SueDonim

I used a loo in Edinburgh airport recently and it was incredibly low, I sat down with a thud! Although I don’t normally have a problem standing up this was a challenge. As I left the cubicle I spotted the sign on the door which said Children’s toilet. 😂😂

Oh Sue, you made me laugh 😂

When I had my flat fully refurbished last year, I specified a higher level WC. Now, when I visit friends and family or use a loo in a public place, I congratulate myself on my foresight!

My late husband had knee problems and, when we moved to this house, just about the first thing we did was to have both of the trendy, low-down, square loos (Square loos! What was that daft fashion all about?) removed and replaced by the highest ones we could get. Bliss! One of the best, simplest home improvements we ever made. Now, I dislike going anywhere else where the loos are "normal".

I’m having our on suite shower room ripped out and replaced as it doesn’t really work for me. Lots of useful tips here regarding choice of sanitary ware.

In addition to my radar key I also have a MacMillan card on my key ring to show to shop staff and others if I need to go urgently when out and about.

Whiff, we had a disabled room in a Travel Lodge in Edinburgh.It was so roomy and plenty of room in the shower to move, as opposed to some of the cupboards we have experienced.
A few years ago, while on holiday, I had to give up showering, as the shower room was so tiny, I couldn't get in and out of the shower.

Radar keys can be brought on eBay cheaply. I brought a pack of 3 with large blue head as my hands tremble and have problems with small things like buttons.

When I had my shower room done I had an Ease toilet looks like a normal loo but it's taller. I had a handle on the wall fitted at an angle so it's easy for me to use to get on and off. I am 5' 2" and my feet dangle but after having 16 courses of antibiotics few years ago for UTIs and kidney infections a nurse told me to make sure my knees and hips where in line that way you empty your bladder and bowel completely. So I put my feet on a children's step.

I always make sure to have my stick by me if the disabled loo is occupied and have to use a normal loo as I had to go at the hospital and couldn't get up from the loo and I had proper my stick by the door. I go to sit fit class and we do an exercise called sit to stand . So I tried it and got off the loo.. If I hadn't I would have had to call the hospital and asked someone to help me.

Until I had my bed bar I didn't realise I struggle to get in my bed I knew I had problems getting out. But didn't realise it was a struggle to get in .

Premier inns have accessible rooms for people like me and for wheelchair users. I highly recommend them. Beds are low ,comfy armchair and a massive shower room with rails..Toilet easy to use and the shower has a fold down seat with back and legs at the front and fold down arms like the sort I have at home. Plus you pay for the room not how many people are in it. I hate private hotels who charge you extra because you are on your own and only have a single bed which I would fall out of.

Many restaurants and pubs here have the toilets in the basement and many stairs to negotiate. Thank goodness for a disabled toilet on the ground floor.
I may get down, but I would never get back up.

I bought one because I am registered disabled. I have had it for so long now, that I can't remember from where I purchased it and if I needed proof of my many disabilities.

I thought radar keys were for disabled users?
After tearing a knee ligament in Feb and having our en-suite redone in April - coincidence, a comfort toilet was fitted. Although not needed now, it doesn’t hurt and part of future proofing.

I am 5’10” tall. The disabled loo I had removed (my bathroom leaked and was very mouldy) was SO high that my legs dangled off it. The DGDs loved it! 😂

Be careful- radar keys do not work everywhere. My local shopping centre for one so I have to use the ordinary loo.