Bathroom
Failure Event | Leaseholder Standard | ||||||||
Bathroom | 37 | Bathrooms should include as a minimum a bath, wash basin and WC (where not provided separately) all securely fixed and in an operating condition. | Non provision, inoperation or defective sanitary fittings including leaks, blockages and overflows, toilet not flushing | Y | Y | N | 1 | None | Yes |
38 | Where separate WCs are provided these shall have a hand rinse basin within the WC compartment | Non provision, operation or loss of use of hand rinse basins in separate WC compartments | Y (where already fitted) | Y | N | 14 | Permissible up to 11 days | Yes | |
39 | Walls adjacent to baths, showers and basins shall have suitable protection against splashing | Lack of splashbacks/tiling or material defects to splashbacks/tiling to baths, showers and basins in accordance with paragraph 7.2.7. | Y | Y | N | 14 | None | Yes | |
40 | Shower facilities shall be maintained in safe working order80 | Non-operation of shower installations | Y | Y | N | 7 | None | Yes | |
41 | Presence of unsafe shower unit. | Y | Y | N | 1 | None | Yes |
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80 There is currently no assumption that the Contractor will be obliged to install and maintain shower installations. Where this is an Authority requirement, then standards 41 and 42 need to be amended accordingly.