How To Upgrade Your Commercial Washrooms And Bathrooms

Posted on: 02.11.2021

Commercial washrooms with soap dispensers and sinks

Commercial washrooms and bathrooms can often be overlooked when budgets are discussed for corporate or hospitality refurbishment. However, how often has an outdated or poorly maintained bathroom left a lasting, bad impression with a customer, client or even your employees?

You may ask, why does this perfectly functional washroom space need an upgrade, is it only refreshing the aesthetics? In this blog we’ll cover the key reasons for upgrading your facilities: improved hygiene, improved user experience and accessibility, and improved energy and water consumption.

Improved Hygiene Standards

Hygiene standards have never been at the forefront of people’s minds more so than in the last year or two. It is important to provide reliable, easy to use hygiene equipment that can be readily maintained, allowing bathroom users to maintain their personal hygiene, and facilitating the ease of cleaning and maintenance for facilities staff. This wave design soap dispenser exemplifies this. Metlex products are manufactured to adhere to quality and performance standards so you can install their range with the confidence that they are safe for all users, designed to protect against vandalism and are easy for staff to look after, with hygienic, wipe-clean surfaces.

Improved User Experience And Accessibility

As with any project, a washroom or bathroom refurbishment needs to have an established budget, be designed with the users in mind, whilst also fulfilling all legal requirements in line with government guidelines and regulations. The planning, preparation and delivery of the upgrade should produce a space which provides a pleasant, comfortable user experience, with the area and equipment being accessible for all users as far as is practically possible, and is required by law. A cost effective, quick win solution for accessibility is to install grab rails which are available in a variety of designs, functions and finishes.

Improved Energy And Water Consumption

Whether you are upgrading washrooms in leisure or care environments, or commercial or educational settings then the Metlex range is an ideal contemporary design solution. Many of their products have a 12 year manufacturing guarantee, providing peace of mind from installation. These products incorporate water saving technology in order to reduce water consumption. It is always desirable to strive for efficiencies in facilities management, whether for environmental or cost reasons. Improving energy and water consumption is good for the bottom line but can also be a USP for your company and Brand, another reason to start planning your washroom refurbishment.

When the planning, preparation and installation have been completed and the finishing touches such as robe hooks have been fitted, consider if any instruction or tuition is required on the upgrades. This will depend on users, user behaviour and the nature of the upgrades that have taken place. Overall, your washroom and bathroom space should have improved levels of cleanliness and hygiene, making it appealing to use. From a business perspective the washroom should be more reliable, easier to maintain, more efficient with reduced mains water usage and energy usage and more user friendly.