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Bathroom Safety in Pictures

The bathroom floor, pictured

Non slip bathroom flooring means a surface that grips when it is wet and you are barefoot, with nothing loose on top to catch a foot. Start by looking at what is under your feet and what is lying on it.1

Updated , by Bathroom Safety in Pictures

Dark and white diamond-pattern bathroom floor tiles with one cracked tile123
A diamond-pattern tiled floor with a cracked tile. Look at the crack: edges like that catch a toe and let water under the tile.
  1. 1Choosing a floor
  2. 2Mats and rugs
  3. 3Slippery tiles

Three pictures to start with underfoot

Slip-resistant flooringWhat to look for before you buyMats and rugsWhat stays put and what slidesSlippery tilesTreatments, strips and replacement

Why the floor matters so much

Water, soap and bare feet meet on a bathroom floor more than anywhere else in the house. NHS guidance on falls names a non-slip mat and removing loose rugs among the simple changes worth making.1 Where someone has poor sight, a floor that contrasts with the walls helps them see where the room begins and ends.2 If you ever ask a flooring maker about grip, the HSE pendulum test used for workplace floors gives you a question to put: which result, wet, for bare feet?3 The three guides below take it one surface at a time.

Sources

  1. NHS: Falls England-based NHS guidance
  2. RNIB: Practical adaptations
  3. HSE: GEIS2, assessing the slip resistance of flooring Written for workplaces, not homes