Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Furnished, and the design is an exciting new design is based on the house Poortvliet, The Netherlands. Bert Koelman and Eric Manneken are partners and both have long experience in the Horticultural Industry in Holland. Their design concepts and ideas, stainless steel - of their favourite raw material - are innovative and rare quality of the manufacture and design.

Their philosophy of clean lines and simple, but perfectly proportioned, trademarks, furniture, farmers and containers and other special units.

Stainless steel is a Class 316, with a thickness of 2.5 mm. The finalisation of all the welded seams and corners are invariably invisible and beautifully polished a certain amount of the purity of the full, so that all the lines, angles and the overall visual appearance of each piece is perfect.

For example, Amahusu vase HDD04 0050 and the crinkle effect of the justification is simply amazing how the light reflects off a soft rolls of steel. This effect has also been used to the table feet for Amahus / Belgo table in its dark grey Belgian granite stone top. The steel legs have been drawn up through the tabletop and cut Rinse the surface seamlessly with precision. A perfect simple but very beautiful table.

Please see below the current range of HD & D range of stainless steel pieces exterior or interior use.

For more information about price and other custom-made specifications please contact Catriona McLean, or link directly to HD & D. The prices are quoted on the ex only, and all quotations has been studied in the design of the requests.

HD & D exhibition is Gafa Fair in Cologne (September) and the Fifth Room (London September), and to plan to present their activities in the European trade fairs in 2005.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Two blasts rock Istanbul; deaths reported

Two blasts rock Istanbul; deaths reported

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Two explosions rocked suburban Istanbul Sunday night, injuring several people, according to journalists and video footage from the scene.

Video footage from the scene showed several bloodied people being transported into ambulances.

Video footage from the scene showed several bloodied people being transported into ambulances.

The back-to-back blasts happened in Istanbul's Gungoren community at about 10 p.m., a journalist with Turkish news agency DHA told CNN Turk. The journalist, Zafer Karakoc, said he witnessed the explosions.

Police did not immediately report official injury and death tolls, but Turkey's state-run Anadolu Ajansi news agency reported eight fatalities.

Up to 30 people were taken to hospitals, journalist Andrew Finkel told CNN.

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Video footage from the scene shows several bloodied people being transported into ambulances.

Dozens of firefighters and paramedics were on the scene.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Design Fee Schedule

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Custom Home Design vs. purchase of the finished "Stock Plans"

You have two options: to design:

1. Pre-designed or "Stock" Plans: If you are lucky enough to find a plan that closely with the needs of your family and to meet its own vision of a beautiful architectural style, the "Stock Plans" are the cheapest and fastest way to move forward. We now have a "Stock Plans", which is based on our most popular models. Click here to see the stock plans at this time. We are currently producing one of the new stock plan for a month.

2. Custom-designed House Plans: If your needs are not met, one new stock plans, and then click Custom Design is a way to meet these special needs and vision for a new home. These special needs can be due to abnormally high number of the location, size and / or slope. Or maybe the way of life requires an unusual design. We are going to create a Custom Design, which meets these needs. My design leads to the home, which is a beautiful, healthy place to live, and the source of pride for you and your family.

The Schematic Design plan is a critical part of the creative planning. It includes a floor plan, the very heart of a new home. It also includes the architectural style of the facade, or "Front Elevation", which reflects the designer's creativity and aesthetic vision.

Production "Architectural Drawings Construction Set" is a computerized drafting stage. This step will produce detailed architectural drawings of the construction necessary for the construction of a new home and the application for a permit to build in their own locale.

Price: SCHEMATIC design (Floor plans and the facade Elevation Design):

Our Quality Standard Design Service gives you a pre-Schematic Design-5 weeks.
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Throughout the house, * Price per square foot is covered by a roof
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* Friday square foot in costs of the design of lower house has been higher than the increased effort necessary to create an efficient design, which restricts the region. Our salaries (per square foot in) are the smallest of homes, which are greater than 5000 square feet.

All the calculations of the region are the "roof" - including the air-conditioned / heated space and cover all the Porches, covered balconies, garages, gazebos, storage areas, etc., but not in the open patios, open decks, and the attic.

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When we have gone through two major amendments, and you decide to make the large majority of the amendments, there is a fee based on how wide-ranging review, it is and how far we have together to produce the final plans and korkeusasemat. A major revision of typically comprises more than 20% change in the planning. There will never be the additional costs or work without the user's written approval of this work. There are no fees slight amendments, as long as they take place before the creation of construction drawings.

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Unlike many designers, we believe that we should not get the total design of the fees until the customer has seen significant progress. Consequently, we ask the fifty per cent (50%) is listed on fees in advance, when the final payment of fifty prosentin due to receipt of the approved floor plan layout. Vastaanottamisen after the 2nd half in return for payment, we will move forward to complete and give the facade a design elevation.

Architectural drawings CONSTRUCTION SET: These are the construction drawings are needed, when he applies for a building permit.

Payments Standard Service production of Architectural Construction Drawings: $ 2.00 per square foot is covered by a roof. The estimated time for completion is 6 weeks.

Payments Express Service production of Architectural Construction Drawings: $ 3.00 per square foot is covered by a roof. The estimated time for completion is 2 weeks.

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The remaining 3 Elevations, and the roof design are involved in the production of the Construction Drawings Set. However, in cases where there is not going to be planning a service in preparing Construction Drawings Set, we can create the remaining 3 Elevations and the roof of Design in order to Design Development. The cost for this service is $ 0.50 per square foot in "ceiling".
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Outsiders animation or INTERIOR Walk-THROUGHS (optional):
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Special orders, such as computer-generated aspects of the fly-overs and Walk-throughs to require payment in advance. We sub-contract this work to third parties.

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Important note: If such services are necessary, the fee is a structural engineering computations and the signing of the plans is a licensed structural engineer oman state. This may be necessary because of sloping terrain, soil conditions, seismic environment, snow, rain or wind, loading the environment or by using a non-standard structural design, the cantilever, for example, pre-and post-tensioned structural factors supported for a long time to share. There may also be other conditions which would make it advisable or required to use the structural engineers for structural design. These charges are typically $ 1.00 $ 3.00 per square foot is covered by a roof.



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Sunday, July 13, 2008

apartment inside inspiration for the design minimalist lover



It is an apartment inside inspiration for the design minimalist lover, that the apartment located in Midtown Manhattan is decorated by Christopher Coleman. I love this procedure, it is clean with natural light and have an incredible combination of colours. You can see the lounge, bar and kitchen, office, bedroom and bathroom. Personally, I like the kitchen bar and the office inside the room is simple, but research luxurious and elegant. If you're looking for a minimalist interior with a strong futuristic style, I hope that this photo may give you any inspirtion.

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home in a modern residential area of Tokyo



This new family home in a modern residential area of Tokyo which also called Parable House is a large modern Minimalis House which was designed by Japanese architect Tekuto Workshop Yasuhiro Yamashita, House of the parable is located in an area Residential calm surrounded by nature. 6m wide and 27m long, it is a long and narrow site, which was built 3m above the road, so that on clear days, he enjoys views of Mount Fuji.

As the client's family spends most of the day in the living room, this room was located on the top floor, which enjoys panoramic views. To exploit fully the length of the site, a fake was built in front of the building.

Up front, it is supported by cantilever on which the exhibition is located and which are covered by a roof parabolic which softens the color space.Splashes to provide a contrast to the environment undulating white, giving the pace at the space.

The flow "three dimensions" ceiling, which rises and dips at various levels of arrivals, arouses mixed feelings of "tension" and "liberation" and gives the room a sense of unlimited.

Thus, even during the observation room a fixed position, the density fluctuations invokes a sense of movement, which guides the observer unconsciously through and beyond the limits of room, as if after the movement 's air, giving the impression of endless space.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Obama showed independent streak in lobbyist dealings

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks at the 48th Quadrennial Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday.
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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday nights during Illinois General Assembly sessions, a group of lobbyists and lawmakers used to gather at the headquarters of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association for a weekly poker game. Barack Obama, who represented part of Chicago as state senator from 1997-2004, was a regular.

These days, Obama says lobbyists are part of the problem with Washington, and he refuses to accept their fundraising help. But during his eight years in Springfield, Ill., Obama played golf and basketball with them and hit them up for campaign donations, according to records and interviews. He shared meals with them, though he was careful to pay his own way, they say.

Obama also accepted lobbyist money when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004, and he later used his influence to help secure grants for 16 Illinois-based institutions represented by six of his lobbyist contributors, public records show.

He did all that while retaining a reputation for independence. "I can't remember a time that state senator Obama wasn't on the side of the consumers," said David Kolata, executive director of the non-partisan Illinois Citizens Utility Board.

A look at Obama's past relationships with lobbyists shows that, for most of his political career, Obama wasn't as attentive to the appearance of coziness with special interests as he is now. But it also shows that he often voted against the interests of his lobbyist friends, and he helped pass two significant upgrades to Illinois campaign finance and ethics laws.

"I think that he understood that lobbyists had valuable information and are a part of the system," said Illinois lobbyist Paul Williams, an Obama contributor who represents the cable television industry, a major electric utility and other powerful interest groups. "But he doesn't necessarily want to be tied to or indebted to their financial support, which might have an influence on his decision-making process."

Obama has said he stopped taking money from lobbyists and political action committees when he began running for president in January 2007 because he came to believe that special interests were too influential in Washington. Before that, his Senate campaign committees took in $140,400 in lobbyist contributions from 2003-06, and $1.2 million from PACs, out of about $16.3 million raised, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.

In an interview last month with USA TODAY, Obama said his self-imposed ban on lobbyist and PAC donations means there are "fewer strings attached to me." He said, for example, that a lobbyist who raises campaign funds for him "is going to have some very specific interests that they want you to deal with," adding, "I'm never in that situation."

Records suggest a more complicated reality. As a U.S. senator, for example, Obama helped secured three grants totaling nearly $8 million for military fuel-cell research and other projects at Chicago State University. The university's lobbyist, Anita Estell, contributed $1,500 to Obama in 2004. Other employees at her then-firm, Van Scoyoc Associates, gave Obama $2,750, records show.

Last year, Estell brought Chicago State to her new firm, Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus. While Estell by then was barred from giving, Polsinelli lawyers who aren't lobbyists contributed $7,498 to Obama's presidential campaign, records show.

Estell said Obama was inclined to aid a minority-serving school. Donations "may matter with some candidates; I don't think it matters with him," she said.

Although he did business with lobbyists, Obama in 1998 helped pass a bill restricting lobbyist gifts and fundraisers near the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield. In 2003, he helped draft gift restrictions for state employees. And in Congress last year, he worked to enact disclosure requirements for lobbyists who raise funds for lawmakers.

He also cast some high-profile votes against powerful interest groups. In May 2003, for example, SBC Communications, Illinois' main telephone provider, deployed dozens of lobbyists who lined up much of the Democratic establishment behind legislation that consumer groups said would increase phone bills.

Michael Lieteau, a lobbyist for SBC, had played poker and basketball with Obama. Lieteau recalled, noting, as other lobbyists did, that Obama always paid his own tab.

Obama was one of just six Democratic senators who voted no. He sided against the Democratic governor, the Democratic House speaker and his mentor, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones. Even the political consultant he had hired to help him run for the U.S. Senate in 2004, David Axelrod, was working for SBC.

Bush defends decision to attend Olympics

TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games next month, saying that skipping the event "would be an affront to the Chinese people."

Bush said that he "doesn't need the Olympics to express my concerns" about China's human rights record, something he said he has consistently done in past meetings with Chinese leaders. In Beijing next month, he intends to cheer on U.S. athletes. "It's an athletic event," he said.

Bush made the comments in a press conference here with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the eve of the annual Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations.

Fukuda also ended speculation by declaring that he would attend the Aug. 8 opening of the Games. Some human rights groups have called for world leaders to boycott the ceremony to protest China's repression of dissidents and its support for pariah states Burma and Sudan.

"You don't have to link the Olympics to politics," Fukuda said. "I would not like the Chinese to become unhappy. We are neighbors, after all."

Meeting in a resort on the northern Japanese island Hokkaido, the leaders of the G8 nations — the United States, Japan, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Canada and Italy — will work through a packed three-day agenda covering topics such as:

•Global warming

•Soaring energy and food prices

•Economic uncertainty following the collapse of the U.S. housing market

• The nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran

•Aid for Africa

Fukuda hopes to use the G8 summit to broker a deal to reduce by 50% worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Bush has balked at the idea, believing that any G8 agreement to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases — which trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming — would be meaningless unless emerging economic powerhouses China and India sign on, too.

"The president's trying to shift the blame to developing countries," says Alden Meyer, policy director for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit environmental group. Meyer said that China and India have already signaled at a climate change conference in Indonesia, last December that they're willing to accept emissions-cutting targets.

"On the topic of climate change, this year will be a place-holder summit," William Antholis, managing director of the Brookings Institution think tank, predicted.

Antholis said that U.S. presidential contenders Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama were more committed than Bush to stopping global warming. When a new U.S. president meets G8 leaders again in Italy next year, he said, "industrial nations may finally step up to the global challenge of cutting emissions."

In an hour-long meeting Sunday afternoon, Bush, who was celebrating his 62nd birthday, sought to reassure Fukuda on another issue sensitive in Japan: the abduction by North Korea of at least 17 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

Last month, the United States removed North Korea from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism — a reward for Pyongyang's progress toward dismantling its nuclear weapons program. The decision was widely criticized in Japan, which wants to see North Korea pressured into accounting for the missing Japanese.

"As a father of little girls, I can't imagine what it would be like to have my daughter just disappear," Bush said. He said he told Fukuda "the United States will not abandon you on this issue."

Weather aids tired firefighters in Calif.


A firefighter works to extinguish a blaze that moved to the shoulder of Highway 1 during a wildfire in Big Sur, Calif.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions.

Moist air currents from the ocean cooled temperatures to the high 70s Sunday, helping fire crews keep the four-day-old blaze from spreading. The fire, which has been burning since Tuesday, was less than a third contained Sunday afternoon.

"We've got a window here with the humid weather that's really helping us. But we know we're in this for the long haul," said Dixie Dies, spokeswoman for the state Incident Management Team.

Temperatures are forecast to start climbing Monday and to reach the 90s by Thursday. The moist air currents are expected to dissipate, causing drier conditions, Dies said.

Lightning strikes were also possible as a new weather system moves in, forecasters said.

The fire, 28% contained Sunday night, has consumed about 13 square miles of Los Padres National Forest.

Nearly 2,700 homes were in jeopardy earlier in the weekend, but by Sunday night many of the evacuation orders were lifted or downgraded to warnings.

"People are filtering back to their neighborhoods and they're very happy," said forest spokesman John Ahlman. Some mandatory evacuations remained in scattered mountain communities south of Highway 154 and in areas on the west end of the fire, Ahlman said. He did not have exact numbers of how many homes were affected.

Firefighting crews made progress Sunday in controlling the fire's perimeters, said Santa Barbara County spokesperson Carrie Topliffe.

"It's pretty well stopped on the southern flank, where most of the structure threat was," Topliffe said.

The fire is blazing through 15 to 20-foot tall forest in extremely steep, rocky terrain. Crews are relying mainly on drops of flame retardant by helicopters and DC-10s to control the burning ridges and canyons, Dies said.

Officials decided Sunday that the nearly 1,200 firefighters, from 22 states and the District of Columbia, are sufficient to combat the fire, Dies said. "They're working incredibly hard," she said.

The fire still had the potential to roll through a hilly area of ranches, housing tracts and orchards between the town of Goleta and Santa Barbara.

Investigators suspect the fire was human-caused. The U.S. Forest Service has asked for public help in determining how it was set.

Sunday's cooler weather also helped firefighters advance on a two-week-old blaze that has destroyed 22 homes in Big Sur, at the northern end of the Los Padres forest.

"The fog held on a little bit stronger than was originally anticipated, which was great for the crews out working on the lines," said Sarah Gibson, a spokeswoman for the command post in charge of fighting the blaze.

The improved weather did have some drawbacks. Fog made the takeoff of firefighting aircraft more difficult and hampered efforts to start controlled burns to clear out brush ahead of the advancing wildfire, Gibson said.

The fire, which has charred 113 square miles, was 11% contained, a slight jump from the day before. Fire officials said crews were burning out brush between the fire's edge and Big Sur's famed restaurants and hotels and cutting more lines to halt flames creeping down from ridge tops.

"The biggest challenge is whether or not the containment lines that they're building now and continuing to improve are going to hold as the fire approaches," said Rolf Larsen, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

Wildfires have burned more than 800 square miles of land and destroyed at least 69 homes throughout California, mainly in the northern part of the state, in the past two weeks. One firefighter died of a heart attack while digging fire lines.

About 1,400 fires have been contained, but more than 330 still burned out of control Sunday morning.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who on Saturday visited a command post in the coastal region of Santa Barbara County, has ordered 400 National Guard troops to be trained in wildfire fighting so they could help fight the state's blazes.

He also urged lawmakers to adopt his budget plan for a $70 million emergency surcharge on home and business insurance policies to buy more firefighting equipment.

California now has a year-round fire season and needs the money from the fee, which should cost the average homeowner about $1 a month, Schwarzenegger has said.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Modern Design Home

Modern Design Home
Modern styles can create endless types of home design, because each room in a house can be some form of interior design modernization. Even the exterior of a house, including the backyards and gardens, can also be the themes of the modern home design.

Modern design may have an impact on everything that is not traditional, old or outdated. Anything new, innovative and can be used as fashionable in the modern world. Note however, that some people take a limited view of modern design, with the term only if in modern times. This more limited reading of the modern concept shies away from ornamental detail or something and sticks to simple lines and shapes.

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While some modern home design projects are easy and can be quickly through the property owners themselves, others are more complex projects requires that the know-how of a contractor or architect. For example, new color can be a do-it-yourself modernization project, while replacing carpet with hardwood floors or a completely new modern bathrooms could require the services of an expert.

Popular modern home design elements are:

* Ceiling fans and lighting
* Clear lines and polished surfaces
* Windows expansionary
* Geometric shapes
* Hardwood or tile floor
* Neutral coloring
* Solar lighting.

Modern Design at home can even furniture in this can be re-upholstered furniture and / or re-use accessorized (ie with pillows, candles, etc.).

No matter what kind of modern home design project you are looking for our modern home design section will provide valuable information for you.
In collaboration with an architect
In collaboration with an architect can afford modern home design much easier and more efficient. Architects are in modern design at home and will probably have suggestions to make your project is still better than you have planned. In fact, architects often have strategies to ensure that clear lines and shapes with modern design is not at home or little stiff.

For the modernization projects that are easy to update or home certain aspects, an architect can still on assistance, particularly for people who want a project to be done quickly and efficiently.

While it is likely additional costs for a project, you can save a lot of time and headache by collaborating with an architect.
Green Home Design
Green home design is increasingly popular because the people have more awareness of the environment and how much to cause harm people. By adding environmentally friendly appliances to your home, you can use it effectively to modernize and to a green home design.

Here are some of the most popular aspects of modern design green house:

* Planking for cork floors, are not formaldehyde
* Floors and panelling from certified forests as "managed responsibly"
* LED or solar panels light
* Radiant heat heating pipes snake through the floors to heat a house
* Recycelten materials.

These are just some of the possibilities of green home design. Remember that most projects where converting a house in a more environmentally friendly city requires a consultation with an environmental expert.

While the costs can be high initially for some of these projects, the additional efficiency and environmental benefits make it worthwhile venture in green home design.

Resources
HGTV (2007). Modern Home Design. Texts 6th December 2007, from the HGTV Web site: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/topics/article/
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Popular Mechanics (2007). The Best of Green Design. Texts 6th December 2007, from the Popular Mechanics Web site: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4212653.html.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Handrails

Handrails

One of the three older adults falls each year. Many of them belong to at home. Some of them are dying. There are many ways to prevent people from falling in your home. Install handrails, stairs is one of them. The more handrails you have, the lower your risk of falling.

You do not have to be old to use the handrail. Children who are new to walking would have been lost without them. So should teenagers who are binding up the stairs, taking two steps at a time. Handrails are a good friend to those who have back or knee trouble. They are literally saving lives, many older people who are poor balance.

Put handrails on each stairway you have. Remember to set the handrails on both sides of these stairways. Even one more step needs a handrail. If you have a very broad stairway, put one handrail in the center.

Toilets

Toilets

Root now, all of your house is likely to use the toilet themselves. But it may not always be the case. Your teenager could sprain of his back. Some day, you may be pelvic surgery. Your mother could break the hip. All of these events could make it hard that someone using a toilet on their own.

Do you feel sick and reduce the severity of only think need help to use the toilet? Then the plan for the future. Make some changes now so that the bathroom remains in a private place you want to be.
Elevated toilets

First, contact your tape measure into your bathroom. Measure the distance from the beginning of the toilet seat in the floor. Is it 14 inches? Many of them are. This toilet may be too low. WC, that sits 17 inches, the floor is easier to use.

Toilets that sit high off the ground, are not only a public rest rooms. They are now appearing in private homes. These toilets to make less strain on your feet, knees, and back again. Tall people find them easier to use. And some people say that they work better. Water in the toilet is a deeper, so the waves better.

If you think the toilets seems to be a bit too high, check the new toilets to catch a wall. You'll be happy to take these toilets and a height that works best for you. The new design is also the liking of the person who cleans its own bathroom. To the toilet off the floor makes cleaning this area a breeze.

When you buy a new toilet, to pick up a certain amount of grab bars at the same time. Put these stick to the bars around the toilet area. The grab bars will help you to sit down the toilet out and get again. Search for grab bars, that the pivot hinge. You can drag these grab bars near the toilet: the family member who needs support. Then, push them away, so that they do not receive in the way of another family member.

Redoing your bathroom? Leave for at least 18 inches of available space at the top of the toilet. Leave for at least 42 inches, the floor of the toilet. This extra space will help the person move to a wheelchair and toilet.
WC Life You Have

It is not market a new toilet? Ask the plumber to make a small platform of the toilet you have. This will make it higher. You can also buy the place, that raises the height of its own toilet. The seat is based on the top of the toilet you have. Find a place that considers its own toilet plastic screws. This place does not move or slip when someone sits down. And you can take it from the toilet, if another member of the family does not need it. Such a place can lift the toilet seat, 4-6 inches.

Some people have problems with access to certain areas of their body. This makes it more difficult to clean their own after they use the toilet. Buying a special place bidet toilet you can help. These sites can accommodate up in the toilet seat. Push button to change them. They offer a warm water washed and dried the air, that the private areas.

Bathrooms



Anti-Scald devices
Burns water can happen to anyone. AARP and offers information on anti-scald devices for the shower, tub and sink.

Bathroom Checklist
From shower Bathtub Well, here's a checklist to help you see how your bathroom design to match your family's changing needs.

Bathroom Phones
A bathroom phone may be a necessity. AARP explains the type of phone to get.

Bathtubs
The right bathing tub makes it much easier, whether you're young or old. AARP Tips on choosing a new bathtub that is easy to use and make sure your old bathtub.

Grab Bars
In addition to the security of supply grab bars, they are now enough colors to satisfy our bathroom decor. AARP describes how to select and install grab bars.

Showers hand
Shower heads need not be six feet from the wall. Showers hand meet the needs of the whole family

Pocket Doors
Pocket doors facilitate entry into rooms and expand the usable space. Here's how they work and what to look for when buying one.

Showers
Traffic in a bathtub for an appointment shower is easier than you think. AARP gives you some tips to choose and equip a ready-to-install shower and accessories.

Wells and Vanities
Is your bathroom sink convenient for everyone in the family? Tips for choosing a sink or vanity that each family member is easy to use.

Toilets
When creaky knees or get you sprain your back, using the toilet can be a challenge. There are toilets, modifications and devices that can make it easier.