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Accessible bathrooms, safe andgenuinely usable.

Eliminate the fear of falling and enjoy greater bathing independence with a beautifully designed, barrier-free bathroom renovation, ideal for aged care and NDIS participants.

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A bright bathroom under two skylights, with frameless glass shower panels, a level floor, and a white vanity

Our focus: yourcomfort and safety.

  • Professional grab rails

    Fixed into the structure, positioned for the person who will use them — never to a standard height.

  • Level access showers

    No hob and no lip, so a shower chair or a walking frame rolls straight in.

  • Slip-resistant flooring

    Specified to a slip rating for wet use, not chosen by finish.

  • Ergonomic basins and vanity

    Set at a height that works seated, with clear space underneath.

  • Supportive toileting aids

    Raised pans, backrests, and rails placed for the transfer you actually make.

  • Integrated seating

    Fold-down or fixed seats built into the wall rather than added afterwards.

Vital Ease at a glance

Projects completed
2,000+

Projects completed

Agreements with Home Care Package and NDIS providers
250+

Agreements with Home Care Package and NDIS providers

Valued customers
1,000+

Valued customers

  • NDIS — National Disability Insurance Scheme registered provider
  • State-wide Equipment Program approved supplier
  • Building and Plumbing Commission registered builder
  • Home Care Packages approved provider

Custom modifications tosuit your needs.

We provide tailored solutions based on individual mobility needs, ensuring every bathroom is designed with functionality and ease of access in mind. From grab rail installations to full bathroom renovations, our team is here to help.

A grey tiled bathroom with a frameless glass screen, level-access shower, and a toilet with clear space beside it
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Stepless showers:nothing to step over.

Most older showers have a raised tile edge to keep the water in. It’s easy to trip on, and it stops a shower chair or walker getting in.

A stepless shower removes that edge. We re-slope the floor to the drain, then waterproof and re-tile, so you get one level floor from the door to the shower.

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A stripped-back bathroom with blue waterproofing membrane across the floor and shower wall, ready for tiling

Safe, practical,and compliant.

The three things that make a level-entry shower work rather than simply look flat.

  • A genuinely level entry

    No hob, no lip, and no threshold strip. A shower chair or a commode rolls straight in, and nobody is stepping over anything in the wettest place in the house.

  • Slip-resistant flooring

    Floor tiles specified for grip when wet, to the rating your occupational therapist or funding body requires. We give you the manufacturer’s documentation for the tile actually used, rather than a number on a web page.

  • A self-draining floor

    The fall is set across the whole wet area to the waste, so water leaves rather than sitting in a low spot. That is what keeps the room dry between uses and it is the part that has to be got right at substrate level.

Bathroom components,tab by tab.

What goes into an accessible bathroom, from the building work to the fittings. Everything is selected with you at the design stage and set out in the quote, so the funding body sees the full scope before anything starts.

Building work

A stepless shower is a set of trades in sequence, not a product. This is what is in the scope.

  • Asbestos inspection, and removal if needed

    Bathrooms in houses built before the late 1980s frequently have it in the wall sheeting. It is checked before anything is opened up, and removed safely by licensed operators if it is there.

  • Carpentry

    Floors, walls, and surfaces strengthened and adapted to carry the new fall and the new fixtures. On a timber floor this is where the level entry is actually achieved.

  • Waterproofing to AS 3740

    The floor and the wet-area walls are waterproofed to the Australian standard for wet areas in residential buildings. This is the single most important part of the job and the one that is invisible when it is finished.

  • Plumbing to AS/NZS 3500

    Water, waste, and sewer lines relocated or upgraded, with a tempering valve and backflow protection where required. Carried out by a licensed plumber and certified.

  • Electrical to AS/NZS 3000

    Switches, power points, and circuits altered to suit the new layout and to put controls within reach. Carried out by a licensed electrician and certified.

  • Plastering and wall linings

    Cement sheet to the wet areas behind tiling, and moisture-resistant plasterboard elsewhere and to ceilings. Using standard plasterboard in a wet area is the commonest way a cheap bathroom fails.

  • Door widening

    Where the doorway will not take a chair. Internal widening, a cavity slider, an external slider, or a new hinged door, quoted with the rest so it is one approval.

  • Painting and making good

    The areas affected by the work are finished so the room is complete rather than patched.

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Why chooseVital Ease?

  • Certified and trusted

    A BPC-licensed builder, with every trade on site licensed for the work they are doing.

  • Compliance and funding expertise

    Quotes and documentation in the format the NDIS, a Home Care Package provider, or SWEP needs.

  • Custom designs to suit your space and needs

    Designed around the bathroom you have and the way you move through it.

  • Stress-free project management

    One point of contact from the first visit to the final handover.

Before you book,two things to know.

  • The bathroom is out of use for weeks, not days

    Stripping out, re-grading, waterproofing, curing, tiling, and fitting off cannot be compressed. We tell you the realistic duration at the quote and talk about what you will use in the meantime.

  • A portable toilet and shower can bridge the gap

    A self-contained cubicle can be set up in a bedroom or a garage for the duration. For a household with one bathroom, that is usually what makes the job possible at all.

  • It starts with drawings, not a tradesperson

    Major work is designed and documented before it is priced — that is what a funding body approves and what keeps the build from changing halfway. Our draftsperson measures on site first.

  • Asbestos may change the programme

    If it is found, removal is a separate licensed step with its own timeline. We check for it early rather than discovering it with the walls open.

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How the jobactually runs.

  1. Draftsperson visit and design

    Our draftsperson measures on site, works through the layout with you and your occupational therapist, and produces drawings that meet AS 1428.1 where the space allows and the National Construction Code throughout.

  2. Documentation and a fixed price

    Drawings and a scope of works set out so a plan manager, case manager, or funding body can approve them without coming back to us. Funding is approved before anything is ordered.

  3. Strip-out and rough-in

    The old bathroom comes out, asbestos is dealt with if present, and the carpentry, plumbing, and electrical rough-in set the new levels and services.

  4. Waterproofing and tiling

    The membrane goes on to AS 3740 and is left to cure properly before tiling. This is the stage that cannot be rushed and the one that decides whether the room lasts twenty years.

  5. Fit-off and handover

    Fixtures, rails, seat, screens, and tapware installed and tested, the room cleaned, and the certificates handed over with it.

Bathrooms we havefinished.

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If the room does notneed rebuilding.

Plenty of bathrooms do not. Where the floor is sound and the entry is the only problem, a removable shower base insert produces a level entry over the floor you already have, in a morning and with nothing drilled.

We would rather fit that than sell you a renovation you do not need.

See shower base inserts

Not sure what you need? We come out, measure up, and give you a written quote. It is free, with no obligation.

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Questions

What people ask aboutaccessible bathrooms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you make a bathroom safer without a full renovation?
Often, yes. Grab rails fixed into the structure, a fold-down seat, a slip-resistant floor, and a raised pan solve a great deal without moving a single wall. We look at what is actually stopping you first, and price the smallest change that fixes it.
Will the NDIS, a Home Care Package, or SWEP pay for it?
Often, yes, where the work is tied to an assessed need. Vital Ease is a registered NDIS provider, a SWEP approved supplier, and a Home Care Packages provider, and we set the quote and the supporting documentation out in the format your plan manager, case manager, or occupational therapist needs in order to approve it.
Do I need an occupational therapist’s report before you start?
Funded bathroom modifications usually begin with an occupational therapist’s assessment, and we build to their recommendations. If you do not have one yet, we can still visit, look at the room, and tell you what the work involves.
How long will the bathroom be out of use?
A full accessible bathroom or a stepless shower is a build, and the room is out of use for weeks rather than days — strip-out, re-grading, waterproofing with a proper cure time, tiling, and fit-off happen in sequence and none of them can be compressed safely. You get the dates before we start, and for a one-bathroom house a portable toilet and shower cubicle is often the answer meanwhile. Smaller work, such as rails, a seat, or a new floor, is usually finished and back in use the same day.
Is a level access shower possible in an older Melbourne home?
Almost always. It depends on the floor structure and where the drainage runs, which is the first thing we check on the site visit. Where the fall cannot be built into the existing floor, there are hobless systems that achieve the same result.
What makes a shower "stepless"?
There is no hob and no lip — the shower floor is continuous with the bathroom floor, and the water is held by the fall of the floor itself rather than by a raised edge. That means the substrate has to be re-graded so it drains to the waste, and the room re-waterproofed and re-tiled to that new fall. It is the floor that makes it stepless, not the fittings.
Can I choose my own tiles?
Yes, with two conditions. The floor tile has to meet the slip rating your occupational therapist or funding body requires — that one is not negotiable in a wet area. And very small or very large tiles cost more to lay, so the labour allowance changes. Delivery to site is yours to arrange unless you ask us to handle it.
Do I need drawings before you can quote?
For major work, yes, and it is worth it. A draftsperson measures on site and produces drawings and a scope of works, which is what a funding body actually approves and what stops the job changing halfway through. It also means the price you are given is the price, rather than an estimate against an idea.

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