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Article #302: Rototranslating Doors for Disabled People

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Rototranslating doors are built about 500mm. That means you have an extra
especially for places and people with 500mm space to manoeuvre in the room.
little room to manoeuvre such as disabled The rototranslating door is also useful
people and small rooms. They are also for places such as homes for the elderly,
useful for places with high hygiene and schools and for use as hospital doors as
health issues due to their ability to be they are very easy to clean quickly and
cleaned quickly and frequently such as efficiently due to the way they open.
hospitals and public places. They are This makes it easy to give them an all
very attractive and come in a wide range over antiseptic clean to comply with
of finishes and sizes to cater for health and hygiene regulations not to
different tastes. mention how much cleaner our wards will
They are perfect as doors for the be. Hospital doors will be able to be
disabled as they swing and rotate both cleaned far better than with standard
ways in the door frame so anyone doors as all sides of the rototranslating
wheelchair bound would be able to go door can be accessed and cleaned whereas
through with ease form either side of the there are certain parts of a standard
door (please visit for diagrams). Once doors frame such as the hinge which are
through the door it is also extremely extremely difficult to clean.
easy to close making it the ideal They also come in handy in everyday
replacement for cumbersome standard houses if you have particularly small
doors. The idea is that rather than have rooms in your house and just require an
a standard door with a circular motion, extra bit of room. If you have an
you use a variable-radius longitudinal extremely small bathroom and find your
arch that is very similar to a cycloid. standard door bangs on the sink when
Due to the dimensions of the opening it, get a rototranslating door
rototranslating door, they can be fit fitted and you will be amazed at how much
into any standard door frame and when room you will acquire.
open will only take up around half the The cost of rototranslating doors is
space of a conventional door. There is no extremely competitive when compared to
need for any extra work to be done on the the price of standard doors which is to
door frames, the rototranslating doors be expected because no extra building
can be fitted directly into standard door work is required to fit them into
frames of many sizes. This makes them standard door frames and they can be
perfect for small rooms where there is fitted easily and quickly. This keeps the
little or no room to manoeuvre.e.g. If a costs down and makes them an ideal
standard door when open comes out a total competitor to standard doors especially
of 1000mm then the rototranslating door where disabled doors and easy clean doors
will only come out around half that, are required.






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