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It is an exciting time to redesign a bathroom, as there are so many decorating options available today to choose from. Things like ceiling lighting, wall colour, style of sink basin, cabinet design, toilet type, and flooring options, and when combined together during a redesign, can transform your bathroom into a beautiful, comfortable, and functional room for everyone in the house.
Aesthetics aside, functionality should always be the main focus of any bathroom design, or redesign, especially in retirement homes, or for families that have small children in the house. When it comes to showers and sink basins, it is recommended to install thermostatic showers and taps for bathrooms where elderly folks and small children live, as these are not only functional, but also make the bathroom a safer place.
How do thermostatic showers and taps make your bathroom safer? These control the flow and temperature of the water in the shower and sinks, thus ensuring that water never gets too hot to harm the sensitive skin of young children, as well as older adults. As people age, skin sensitivity becomes more noticeable, and taking a bath or shower can be very uncomfortable, to say the least, especially when water temperature is too hot.
In fact, it can be very painful if water gets too hot and unexpectedly spews out from a shower head, especially if it is scalding hot water! Skin burns caused by scalding water is very painful, but these do happen to both elderly folks and children because standard showers and taps take too long to turn off the flow of water, and people can’t get out of the way fast enough to avoid being scalded.
Most taps require a person to turn and twist two separate faucet knobs to turn on and off the water, as well as to adjust water temperature – a process that takes too long, especially when scalding water is flowing out of a shower head. This is exactly why people experience burns from scalding hot water because they couldn’t turn off the water in time, or accurately control the water temperature.
Thermostatic showers and taps for bathrooms solves this problem. With only one handle to turn on and off water flow, and settings that control temperature of water, these are functional, easy to use, and prevent scalding from occurring. Basically, making your home safer.
Hot water safety and temperature efficiency is a ‘hot’ topic in Europe, England, and here as well, in Australia. The goal of hot water safety is to prevent terrible bath and shower water scalds in homes and residential buildings, where children and elderly live. The best way to do this – protect people from scalds, is by using thermostatic showers and taps in homes, such as Mixermate thermostatic showers and sink taps.
Thermostatic showers and sink taps have a big impact on preventing and reducing home injuries related to scalding hot water. That is why these are recommended in every home with children and elderly, as well as in hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, resorts, and public restrooms. Basically, thermostatic taps effectively reduces the risk of scalding, if these are calibrated accordingly.
It’s true, thermostatic showers and taps work perfectly, if these are calibrated correctly. Mixermate provides easy to follow instructions that lets you adjust the temperature settings of your thermostatic taps, however, when it comes to testing water temperature, most people just let the water run on their wrist to ‘feel’ the desired temperature. But, this is not an accurate method to determine safe water temperature.
Instead, using a kitchen thermometer to accurately test water temperature, so that an accurate safe maximum water temperature can be determined that will not harm anyone, is the best safety tip for calibrating thermostatic showers and taps.
Taking a warm or hot shower at the right temperature is refreshing, especially when standing under the running water in a meditative state of comfort, it feels so good. In this way, showering becomes medicinal, in that it helps people to relax physically, and that relieves stress. Also, the fact that you can expect the same ideal water temperature every time you turn on the tap is another benefit of owning thermostatic showers.
Installing thermostatic shower taps is easy because there is no drilling of holes, or any construction work required. A plumber can simply fit them onto existing plumbing, making it easy to upgrade standard showers and taps to thermostatic ones. With only one lever needed to operate these taps, you can easily adjust the hot and cold water, without worrying about unexpected hot water spewing out from the shower head.
Living with arthritis is difficult, to say the least. And, those who wrestle with it struggle to understand the pain, fatigue and stiffness that they have to go through every day. As patients age, the condition worsens with increasing, constant joint aches that are difficult at best to find a treatment for relief, even from painkillers. However, it is possible to find relief from temperature treatment using water.
Can just washing hands or bathing in controlled water temperature really contribute to the treatment and relief from arthritis? Doctors say, yes, water treatment is one of the most natural pain alleviating methods suggested to treat arthritis. In fact, certain types of arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, can be treated to alleviate discomfort and pain with controlled water temperature.
That is exactly why thermostatic showers for arthritis come in handy, to treat discomfort and pain caused by aching joints. Water temperature should be warm and not hot, says doctors. In fact, there should be no sudden increase or decrease in water temperature when joints are soaked and massaged under the shower. Because of this, effective water temperature control devices like Mixermate thermostatic showers are suggested.
Traditional ways of heating shower water leads to unpredictable temperature changes that can actually scald the skin. Basically, sudden and unexpected water temperature can cause more damage than relief. Thermostatic showers taps control water in such a way that it will remain within the preset limits, every time the water is turned on.
Therefore, patients suffering from arthritis do not have to keep turning levers in the shower to find the right combination of hot and cold water. More importantly, there are no chances of burns from scalding hot water, spewing unexpectedly out of the shower head. Instead, those with arthritis can freely spend any amount of time enjoying the warmth of water on their joints, without being limited to the amount of water in a traditional water heater.
People over the age of 40 are increasingly facing issues like arthritis, vasculitis and Raynaud’s disease, where sudden changes in water temperature can cause severe aches, scleroderma, restrict blood circulation and cause tingling sensations in the nerves. So, thermostatic showers for arthritis become important weapons in the fight against temperature issues that aggravate arthritis.
There are benefits to owning a thermostatic shower, but are these really worth spending money on, and does your family really need one in the bathroom? Questions like these are common when talking about bathroom comforts. In fact, over the last few years, temperature regulating shower mechanisms have become a basic necessity in urban areas.
So, when you are pondering upon the benefits that a thermostatic shower will bring you and your family, then you have to consider the disadvantages of not having one as well, here are just a few.
Why do you need automatic water temperature controls, when it can be set manually? For most adults, manually turning two separate faucet knobs, to balance water temperature, manually, isn’t difficult. However, for small children and elderly folks, it may be a challenge. The risk of piping hot water on the head, spewed out unexpectedly from a shower head, is dangerous, not just for children and elderly, for anyone.
Thermostatic showers eliminate that ‘real’ risk – unable to turn off scalding hot water by turning a faucet knob as quickly as possible. A thermostatic shower tap controls not only the temperature that comes out, but it can shut down water flow instantly when needed, with just the use of a finger. It’s that easy, with a one lever control, and not two separate faucet knobs that operate hot and cold water temperature separately.
Think of all the times when you had to quickly and unexpectedly step back, away from the hot water rushing out of the shower head, and then reach though that hot water to turn the hot water knob off. It’s safe to say that most people have experienced this situation before. However, the hot water may not be a problem, but finding the right amount of hot water is tricky when having to adjust two separate knobs.
Often, the water temperature is never ‘just’ the way you want it, every time. But, with thermostatic showers, you can expect, and receive, the perfect water temperature every time you take a shower or bath. These are some of the disadvantages of not having a thermostatic shower, however, one convenient advantage is that these are easy to install. No drilling in walls or tiles in the bathroom, or altering plumbing because these fit right over existing plumbing, and can be installed in about an hour.
Mixermate is your Australian expert for thermostatic showers and taps. The company supplies easy to use products that are installed quickly, and that can be used in both residential and commercial facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes, care facilities, retirement villages and private homes.
In every kitchens and bathroom, regulating water temperature is one of the biggest concerns for homeowners around the world. Here at Mixermate, we provide the solution to this problem – thermostatic showers and sink taps. Whether it is maintaining constant water temperature, or to meet the demand for high quality fixtures, you can expect the best from the Mixermate brand.
Think of a nice, warm, relaxing shower, and then imagine, suddenly, it starts blasting piping hot water on your head. This happens, and it is a huge concern, especially when you have children and elderly at home. In fact, not only is this a safety concern, but irregular water temperature and excessive hot water have been associated with skin problems too.
Mixermate ensures that your showers or taps never sprays scalding hot water unexpectedly, with thermostat features. And, they are easy to use, no more fumbling with two facet knobs trying to turn them on to control water temperature. With Mixermate’s thermostatic showers and sink taps, you only need to use a finger to turn them on an off, which helps keep you and your family safe.
Why would you want to change taps and showers when not renovating? Does it not involve a lot of digging and plumbing? In fact, that is a general notion about changing anything at all in bathrooms and kitchens. However, Mixermate gives you the advantage of installation without the need for plumbing or construction work, it’s true.
There is no tile or wall breaking process involved because you only need to fit them onto existing plumbing. Thermostatic mixers are ideal for homes, hospitals, retirement homes, and nursing homes, it is a one-of-a-kind mixer tap.
Apart from being the safety solution for water regulation, Mixermate is also well-known for its quality, durability, versatility, and extreme ease of use. In fact, temperature regulated showers and sink taps also save water, and with a temperature preset function you don’t have to ‘wait’ for the water to be at comfortable temperature to take a shower.
Looking to get rid of your unpredictable hot and cold water mechanism? You can, now, with Mixermate shower and sink taps. Easily control your taps and showers with just a single lever, without even having to drill into any walls or the need for changing anything in your bathroom or kitchen.
Nothing is as relaxing and refreshing as a nice, hot shower, if it is just the right temperature, you can stand under the running water in a meditative state all day long. In this way, showering is medicinal because it helps to relieve physical and mental stresses from all types of sources.
Unfortunately, not all showers are the same because the fluctuation in water temperature varies much, especially when there are multiple people living in a home. However, there is a special type of thermostatic shower that provides the luxury of having consistent and precise water temperature control that you can adjust to your ideal temperature. This allows you to escape into a meditative state of relaxation every time you shower because the water will be just as hot as you want it, every time.
It is true, comfort while showering is important, but unpredictable water temperature is a cause for concern, as some heating systems can produce scalding hot water that can spew unexpectedly from shower heads and can injury children or the elderly. No one wants that to happen, and it won’t, if thermostatic showers are installed in your home.
A thermostatic shower eliminates the risk of scalding injuries caused by unexpected fluctuations in water temperature coming from shower heads. These types of mixer taps were initially designed and developed for bathtubs, but are now ideally used in showers because the possibility of extremely cold or hot water flowing out is eliminated, which effectively removes the greatest comfort obstacle in showering.
Actually, thermostatic showers are now synonymous to safety. You don’t need to be a safety expert to understand that sudden drops and increases in water temperature pose a real risk to skin health. Often, it is the elderly who suffer from burns and rashes due to these variations in extreme temperature. The good news is that installing thermostatic shower taps are inexpensive and do not require any drilling into walls or replacing any of your home’s plumbing.
If you want to purchase these for hospitals, retirement homes, hotels, commercial buildings, apartment complexes, or for your home, then you can find these at Mixer Mate, a leader in thermostat showers and taps.
Consistent hand washing and hand care are often the most overlooked aspects of hygiene and health, everywhere. Although the use of sanitizers has increased dramatically, for good reasons, there is still a lot of work to be done in building soap dispensing awareness within every type of business and industry.
It is a well-known fact, people will use soap dispensers if available in restrooms, which makes these an important and integral part of the overall hygiene standard of a facility. This is especially important in hospitals and retirement homes where health is the main concern.
Here are some points of consideration to help facility administrators understand why soap dispensers are a necessity everywhere, not just in the restroom.
We all know that soap is not an elixir to kill every bad bacteria, although it is definitely one of the most common tools to keep germs under control. However, with regular bar soap there is always the chance of improper storage, and it usually creates water puddles when left to set that can help bacteria breed. Many people are surprised to discover that many kinds of bacteria can actually jump directly onto their hands, but by using a soap dispenser it can eliminate this from happening.
Old age and sickness lowers body immunity and makes people prone to diseases. That is another reason why soap dispenser units in retirement homes and hospitals are more important than anywhere else. Caring for people admitted to hospitals and retirement homes is top priority, and when considering that the typical bar soap bed can breed bacteria, it become clear that soap dispenser are best.
Facilities like hospitals and retirement homes require large quantities of soap every year. Therefore, any kind of wastage means that the overall operational cost is going to suffer. By installing soap dispenser units in retirement homes and hospitals promotes optimum utilization and cost reduction. And, anytime waste is reduced, it is always good for the environment.
If you are looking for a supplier of simple soap dispensers for a health care facility, then Mixer Mate has just what you are looking for, and more. Explore the healthy products at Mixer Mate that can help you keep the people in your care healthy, while at the same time limiting waste and saving money.
People are increasingly becomingly conscious towards how they use and save natural resources, especially water. Without a doubt, water is the most precious resource on the planet, and, thankfully, technology is constantly being used in new ways to conserve it. For example, electronic basin sensor taps is a definite step in that direction, but these also offer many other benefits as well.
Widely used in commercial buildings, these taps are now being adopted by more and more residential buildings for various reasons. If someone has suggested you to use these electronic taps for your home, it’s because they care.
Whether or not water conservation is an issue in your area, an electronic basin sensor tap can help residential homes and commercial buildings save up to 70% or more off water usage. Gone are the days when you may have forgotten to close the taps completely, or simply use more water than required. With preset flow timings or the use of motion sensors, these taps shut down the water flow as soon as you are done with what you are doing. This considerably decreases the amount of water used in basin taps.
Unfortunately, many folks believe that sensor taps are expensive? Actually, entry-level sensor taps are only slightly more than the regular price for bathroom taps. Also, if you’re planning to get them through a company that specialises in mixer taps, you can save some money. In fact, when you think of the money that an electronic basin sensor tap will save you off your water bill each month, then it becomes obvious that these pay for themselves.
No worrying about installation either because these taps are easily installed by a plumber, and no drilling or construction is required to install them. Electronic basin sensor taps fit right in place of your existing taps, so no new parts are needed or new plumbing required.
Because these are sensor operated taps, no one needs to touch them to turn on the water. So, any hygiene concerns about bacteria transferring from one person to another is eliminated. Even children can safely use these basin taps without having to rotate any knobs, and there is no chance of water being left on because the advanced infrared sensor technology ensures that water flow is controlled.
Mixermate Australia offers the most advanced and affordable set of electronic basin sensor taps, as well as thermostatic mixer taps, available. For more information how Mixermate can help you, please contact us here today.
Bathroom designs in retirement homes should take into consideration the special needs and sensibilities of the elderly who live in these homes. Designs for these rooms should include tubs, showers, sinks and toilets that they can use with ease, but special attention also should be placed on the ideal tapware to complement these other measures. Our company, Mixer Mate, offers thermostatic showers and taps that control the temperature limits to ensure that the water never gets too hot for the sensitive skin that older adults often develop as they age.
Just as safety bars help the elderly enter and exit the various features in the bathroom in a safe manner, thermostatic showers and taps prevent skin damage from excessively hot water. The elderly may not be able to feel that the water is too hot, especially if they suffer from certain health conditions, and this is where this type of tapware is useful. With this tapware, the hot water will not reach temperatures higher than 38-degrees Celsius without manually overriding the safety lock that comes on this tapware. In addition, even without the thermostatic feature the operation of the mixermate tapware is easy for the elderly since the controls work smoothly without the necessity of force.
We ensure that all of our tapware saves water during its operation. An example of this is the showerheads that we offer hold an AAA rating at 9L/m.
Renovating existing bathrooms in retirement homes is easy with tapware from Mixer Mate. Our tapware fits over existing plumbing without a need to remove the tiles on the wall. This makes installation quick and cost-effective.
#MS004 is a combination of a handheld shower with cradle and a shower mixer tap. This selection comes with the pipework, hose, chrome cap, cover, mixer, shower cradle and showerhead necessary for complete installation along with the pertinent instructions.
#MBSN001 is a chrome basin mixer that contains a standard handle.
#MMTPBS1 is an exposed Mixermate Mattsson thermostatic/pressure balance model of shower mixer in chrome.
#MBTH002 is a chrome, wall-mounted bath mixer that controls both hot and cold water to combine them for just the right temperature. It replaces separate taps for each hot and cold water, and it comes with a standard handle.
Turn to Mixer Mate whenever you need quality thermostatic showers and taps to enhance the bathroom designs at your retirement centre. We will guide you through our entire product lineup and explain what the best choices are for your specific situation.
When designing a bathroom or kitchen, concerns about regulating the water temperature is usually the last thing on one’s mind. Instead, most homeowners concentrate on the aesthetics, such as how the tiles would look with the sink, or the kind of shower taps to choose that will compliment everything in the bathroom.
It isn’t long after a bathroom renovation job that folks realise the importance of effectively regulating the water temperature in their showers, it can become a big issue, especially when children and elderly are concerned because they may find it difficult to change the water temperature quickly, if needed. It happens, unexpected cold water and hot water can spray out of the shower-head and catch people off guard.
In the shower there is no space to quickly escape potentially scalding hot water spraying out from the shower-head, and taking the time to juggle between the hot and cold knobs, while being sprayed with either ice cold or scalding hot water, will seem like a very long time. This is when thermostatic mixer taps come in to save the day.
Often children or guests that want to use the sink or shower do not know which is the hot and cold knobs of the mixer taps they are using, and they could end up using too much cold or hot water, so care is needed to eliminate any potential risks to the skin from unexpectedly scalding the skin. Fortunately, a thermostatic mixer tap allows you to set a safe water temperature, and when water temperature rises above the level you set, then the thermostat function will cut off the water supply immediately.
Such a plumbing device can easily be installed in all your taps and showers, for the safety and convenience of everyone in the house.
Most property owners fear plumbers because they believe that every plumbing job requires some construction work, such as removing tiles and digging into walls to reach the plumbing. That is not the case when installing Mixermate – the easy-to-use, anti-scalding tapware.
Thermostatic mixer taps are truly ideal for use in homes, hospitals, nursing homes, retirement villages and all types of care facilities, and the best thing about installing these is that there is no drilling into the walls, changing washers, or even removing any tiles. And, it is much easier to use than older tapware because it only has one lever that controls water flow, instead of two.
Australian made, Mixermate is the perfect thermostat brand that you seek for your home because it gives more benefits than you can ever think of, until you use it for yourself.
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