¶ Introduction
Toilet seat risers, as the name implies, are placed on top of the toilet bowl for the purposes of increasing the seating height of the toilet. Use of a toilet seat riser helps to avoid modifying or replacing the toilet itself to achieve an elevated seating height.
The ideal toilet seat riser has the following characteristics:
- Grab handles to allow the use of arms to help with standing
- Legs to provide support, and prevent popping off of the toilet during use
- A large opening to make precise positioning of the user less important, and to minimize soiling
A toilet seat riser without grab handles will have a significantly shorter useful lifespan than a model with them.
A toilet seat riser which does not have supporting legs may be prone to popping off if the user applies significant pressure to only one side of it.
¶ Start using when…
Standing up from the toilet at its natural height is slightly difficult, but still possible
¶ Stop using when…
Standing up from the toilet is no longer possible without extreme adaptation
¶ Image Gallery
Toilet seat riser with support handles, but no legs
Standard toilet fitted with grab rails.