Ironing board for disabled

Pretani

There are many Steam generator ironing boards which are height adjustable, but which are the best to use while sitting? Using an ironing board while seated, the board has to be rock solid and not too long. The slightest wobble is enough to put the user off. Although many ironing boards allow for height adjustment, I'm sure they all haven't taken into consideration specific use by the disabled.
What ironing boards (suitable for steam generators) have you found the best to use while seated?

grunnie

I use an ironing pad on my kitchen table. The correct height so you can iron sitting down. I bought my ironing pad ( which is huge) from Lakeland and my iron is a Phillips Steam generator which I think is absolutely brilliant as it is so light quick :T and easy to use.

Pretani

an ironing pad is interesting. Will have to look out for those

bigmuffins

don't you have to use a mesh ironing board with steam generator irons? so the steam can pass through?
would have thought you would get a wet ironing pad and wet patches on your ironing without one?

grunnie

bigmuffins wrote: »

don't you have to use a mesh ironing board with steam generator irons? so the steam can pass through?
would have thought you would get a wet ironing pad and wet patches on your ironing without one?

No, no wet patches on the ironing and none on the ironing pad so none on the table underneath. You iron with the steam setting then turn off the steam then iron over the top of the bit you have steam ironed and this dries it ( hope that makes sense) so your item being ironed gets dried and the table underneath doesn't get wet. It is a lot easier to do than to explain it

jellyhead

i posted on your other thread about my tesco ironing board - i used it last night and actually it wobbles a lot! the steam generator is safe, i don't feel like it could fall off, but the board wobbles so much that if i were disabled perhaps i would be worried about dropping the hot iron on my legs.

mine is a mesh board but so much water was dripping onto me, and my sitting room floor was sopping wet, that i bought a cover for my board, one of those silvery ones which has a surface similar to an ironing pad.

Pretani

grunnie wrote: »

No, no wet patches on the ironing and none on the ironing pad so none on the table underneath. You iron with the steam setting then turn off the steam then iron over the top of the bit you have steam ironed and this dries it ( hope that makes sense) so your item being ironed gets dried and the table underneath doesn't get wet. It is a lot easier to do than to explain it

grunnie, is this an ordinary ironing pad you're using or is it a special one which traps the excess steam?

jellyhead wrote: »

i posted on your other thread about my tesco ironing board - i used it last night and actually it wobbles a lot! the steam generator is safe, i don't feel like it could fall off, but the board wobbles so much that if i were disabled perhaps i would be worried about dropping the hot iron on my legs.

Thanks, was it this one?

jellyhead wrote: »

mine is a mesh board but so much water was dripping onto me, and my sitting room floor was sopping wet, that i bought a cover for my board, one of those silvery ones which has a surface similar to an ironing pad.

I just found this ironing board made by Brabantia. It allows you to use the steam at full pelt and collects the excess water in a container. Neat job, especially when sitting. It's a bit pricey though at £99, but if I can get an ironing pad which will soak up any excess steam, the ideal solution would be to use the dining table, which is heat treated anyhow.

jellyhead

i don't know where my excess steam goes actually - the pad is silvery and doesn't let the steam through. maybe it will fall apart in a week or two. i'm new to this steam generator thing!

my ironing board is the family one which costs £25, and doesn't have as shelf underneath.

Pretani

jellyhead wrote: »

i don't know where my excess steam goes actually - the pad is silvery and doesn't let the steam through. maybe it will fall apart in a week or two. i'm new to this steam generator thing!

I've read many posts on here and elsewhere about users having trouble getting replacement pads and covers for their ironing board. They never mentioned the reason behind needing replacements, so I'm assuming it's because of the excess steam. The availability of replacement pads and covers is another thing to consider.

jellyhead

ah ... i bought this cover in tesco but they were being discontinued. betterware sell covers though.

if this cover gets ruined quickly then i think i'll just go back to using my ordinary steam iron, the generator is too noisy anyway.