Case Study Dekorbound Harrias House Care Home
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DESCRIPTION DekorGrip Resin Bound Surfacing CLIENT Harrias House Care Home LOCATION Beaconsfield, Bucks DATE August 2014 Harrias House is a registered care home for elderly people who no longer wish, or feel able to look after themselves, which aims to provide a warm, friendly, comfortable and secure home, with caring and attentive staff. The home is small, accommodating 16 full time residents and offering two short stay rooms. It has a country house ambiance that is totally non – institutional and is set in mature grounds which the residents have free use of and are accessed by a series of pathways. These pathways were in need of replacement due to the uneven existing surface. The management of Harrias House had provided a number of key points that the new surface had to be able to provide: DekorBound - Harrias House Care Home PROPOSAL THE CHALLENGE BEFORE AFTER Drainage – The surface chosen needed to be compliant with modern drainage laws and in the same way as looking to avoid trip hazards, it couldn’t be slippery when wet or allow water to pool on the surface. Longevity – As a large investment and with a good number of pathways, any surface needed to be able to last, without significant degradation, so that it could be enjoyed for years to come. Health and Safety – The elderly residents required a smooth surface that would be secure underfoot and have zero trip hazards. Meeting all of these requirements, and more, the DekorBound system was chosen.
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Harrias House is a registered care home for elderly people and they required a new set of pathways to make the grounds safer for visitors and residents.
Transcript of Case Study Dekorbound Harrias House Care Home
DESCRIPTION DekorGrip Resin Bound Surfacing
CLIENT Harrias House Care Home
LOCATION Beaconsfield, Bucks
DATE August 2014
Harrias House is a registered care home for elderly people who no longer wish, or feel ableto look after themselves, which aims to provide a warm, friendly, comfortable and secure home, with caring and attentive staff.
The home is small, accommodating 16 full time residents and offering two short stay rooms.It has a country house ambiance that is totally non – institutional and is set in mature groundswhich the residents have free use of and are accessed by a series of pathways. These pathwayswere in need of replacement due to the uneven existing surface.
The management of Harrias House had provided a number of key points that the new surfacehad to be able to provide:
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PROPOSAL
THE CHALLENGE
BEFORE
AFTER
Drainage – The surface chosen needed to be compliant with modern drainage laws and in the same way as looking to avoid trip hazards, it couldn’t be slippery when wet or allow water topool on the surface.
Longevity – As a large investment and with a good number of pathways, any surface neededto be able to last, without significant degradation, so that it could be enjoyed for years to come.
Health and Safety – The elderly residents required a smooth surface that would be secure underfoot and have zero trip hazards.
Meeting all of these requirements, and more, the DekorBound system was chosen.
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THE REQUIREMENTS
THE SOLUTION
The governing body of care homes assesses and scores all homes on the qualityof the facilities that they provide, such as cleanliness, hospitality, standard of careand this assessment also includes health and safety, plus site mobility. Whilst HarriasHouse had exemplary scores in other areas, the pathways in the gardens were constructed with York stone which although aesthetically pleasing, proved verydifficult for wheelchair users to transverse, and almost impossible for residents andvisitors with Zimmer frames to navigate. The naturally riven surface of the flag stonesmeant that tripping and falls were a serious problem.
With the home firmly focused on the welfare of its residents and visitors, the decision was made to replace the main paved areas. The requirements were for asurface that maintained the look and prestige of the York stone but was smooth,wouldn’t be prone to ‘puddling’ and could be enjoyed for years to come withoutreplacement.
With DekorGrip’s Resin Bound system chosen and the requirements of Harrias Housesatisfied, DekorBound was laid a depth of 18mm using a bespoke blend created especiallyfor the project by the DekorGrip Mixing Team, called Sandleheath.
This unique blend matched perfectly with the new brick borders that were installed aspart of the project and helped maintain the air of exclusivity that Harrias House has.
Gradings from the governing body have increasedand the residents love the new surface – oneresident has even left a legacy to the homein their will to cover the costs of another250m2 of DekorBound, such was theimpression made by thesurface.
