Choose the Perfect Teak Shower Bench for Your Body Type

Are you reaching for the wall to keep from losing your balance and falling when stepping into and out of your shower? Or stumbling when turning around and bending over to wash your legs and feet?

Ok, maybe that’s not you. Maybe it's a parent you're trying to help without making them feel like they're getting old, losing their strength and balance.

In either case, you're now shopping for the perfect shower seat.

No doubt, you want a shower bench/stool that will not degrade, break and fall apart when constantly wet – and doesn’t look like a shower chair that belongs in a hospital or an assisted living facility.

What you want is a bench made of high grade teak – teak, a tropical hard wood that’s naturally waterproof, strong and sturdy – for when the years are gaining on you, and you’re not as strong and agile as you once were.

What you’ll need, therefore, is a beautifully crafted, hand-rubbed teak shower bench – so when you sit down on it – you feel like you’re luxuriating at a spa, on vacation in a South Sea island paradise.

Why not? You deserve it – you’ve earned it!

Teak Culture offers you two teak shower benches to help you relax and revitalize. Two exotic teak shower benches that make you feel like royalty.

Here's how to pick the one that’s perfect for you…

Safety always first!

You're not just choosing a beautiful furniture piece.

Ideally, you’re looking for a shower bench that’s built with a special wood. A wood that’s been used to build boats, sailing ships, piers and bridges for centuries. A wood that is surely strong and sturdy enough to support you.

Teak is a famously hard and waterproof wood.

Put simply, a bench made of a lesser wood that doesn’t have the oils and resins that make teak waterproof, may eventually collapse with you on top of it. Clearly, such a bench is not safe when constantly wet.

Nor is a bench that sits you too low for your height, placing extra strain on your muscles, tendons and joints when standing back up.

Especially if you already suffer from knee or back pain, or recovering from knee, hip or back surgery.

Standing up from a deep seat is when many falls happen.

You also want a bench that’s wide, and firmly footed to support you if you need to push off to get to your feet.

Here are a few guidelines to follow when purchasing a teak shower bench.

What to Look for in a Teak Shower Bench Seat

Proper seat height.

18 to 19 inches at the minimum puts less strain on knees and hips when you stand back up. If you have sore joints or had a recent surgery, a taller seat – 22 to 24 inches – is a better choice.

Stable footing on an uneven floor.

Shower pans are almost never level – they slope towards the drain. Tile or stone shower floors are rarely perfectly flat. Therefore, adjustable leveling feet are not optional. They are an absolute necessity. A wobbling rocking bench is worse than no bench at all.

Support handles when standing up.

Weak knees and general infirmity require you to hold on to something strong and solid when rising to your feet. That’s what bench handles are designed for.

A size and footprint to fit your shower.

A big rectangular bench in a small shower takes up too much space, leaving you little or no room to maneuver in safely.

A weight tolerance that can support you.

If you’re 250 lbs, but your seat is rated for 180 pounds – that’s a crashing, painful fall waiting to happen.

A wide and deep seat.

The last thing you want is a bench where your bottom is hanging over the seat’s sides – or a seat not sufficiently deep – so you don’t feel like you’re sitting on a child’s chair.

Genuine teak.

Teak is made for water. Teak’s natural oils resist water, rot, mold, mildew and wood boring insects. Cheaper woods, or bamboo, which is not a wood but a grass, can swell, warp and crack in a shower.

Your 2 Best Teak Shower Bench Choices

Choice #1:

The Rectangular Teak Shower Bench Stool Seat

Teak Culture’s Luxury Teak Shower Bench Stool has a seat height of 19 inches – the right height to prevent you from placing undue strain on your knees, hips and back when sitting down and standing up.

The bench also has built-in handles on both sides of the seat to support and balance you when you need a helping hand to lift yourself up.

The handles also serve as a convenient towel drying rack when you’ve finished showering.

To prevent bench wobble when placing the bench on an uneven shower floor, each bench leg has, on its bottom, an adjustable rubber-tipped leveling foot. Exactly what you want and need to prevent the bench from tipping over, and you falling off it, when you sit down.

To be clear: this bench is no run-of-the-mill narrow and precarious perch. Its length is a generous 25 inches, and the seat is 14 inches deep. That’s more than enough room for you to sit down securely and comfortably.

Also, the seat’s precisely measured open slat design allows water to quickly flow through and not puddle on the seat top.

Plus, a bottom shelf, with 12 inches of clearance, conveniently keeps shampoo, lotions and other accessories within easy reach.

Here’s what one verified buyer said about our Luxury Teak Shower Bench Stool Seat: The bench arrived with the right sitting height and attaching the legs to the seat took only a few minutes.

Purchase your Luxury Teak Shower Bench Stool Seat today!

Choice #2:

The Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench

If your shower stall is on the small side, a full size rectangular shower bench may be too big for your needs.

A small shower stall typically has barely enough room for you to soap up and rinse off without bumping into the shower walls.

Add a large, rectangular shower bench, and you’ll be effectively crowding yourself out of your shower.

And do you really want to constantly move it, or hop over it every time you want to get out of the shower? Of course not.

That’s just one reason why we created the Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench.

Obviously, you can place it in a corner of your shower, where it’s convenient to use but out of the way, and not eating up valuable shower real estate.

The other reason we created the Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench is so tall people don’t feel like they’re sitting on a bench built for children – with their knees tucked under their chin.

At a seat height of 24 inches – a full 5 inches higher than a standard shower bench – someone 6+ feet tall can now sit comfortably, and not feel like they’re sitting on doll house furniture.

Our Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench is also perfect for people with knee arthritis who find deep knee bending painful.

It’s also a perfect choice for you if you’ve recently had hip, back or knee surgery. Because, again, it lessens the strain on your body when lowering yourself on a 18” or 19” shower bench – regardless of whether your shower is large enough to accommodate our full-size Luxury Teak Shower Bench Stool Seat.

And yet, just like our full-size rectangular teak shower bench, the seat has an open-slat design that allows water to quickly drain through instead of pooling underneath you.

It also has the same adjustable rubber-tipped leveling feet. And it has the same 250 lb. weight rating.

However, it doesn’t have side handles – which should be a consideration if you need the support they provide to lift yourself up.

So Which of our Two Teak Shower Benches is Perfect for You?

If bending your knees hurts – or if you just had surgery, or you have arthritis in your joints – or if you’re over 6 feet tall – the extra 5 inches on the Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench can make a world of difference in your comfort level.

Similarly, if space is at a premium in your shower, or you simply prefer a taller shower bench our Extra-Tall and Wide Teak Corner Shower Bench is what you’ll want.

On the other hand, if seat height is not a concern – because you’re relatively fit, you’re not over 6 feet tall, and have no nagging orthopedic issues, but side handles are a nice touch to have in a teak shower bench…

And, you want a shower bench with a lot of room to sit and relax on – and also complements the aesthetics of your shower and bathroom, then our Luxury Teak Shower Bench Stool Seat is the right choice for you.

NOTE:

Both benches are hand-sanded from solid, plantation-grown teak. Both will assemble in well under 10 minutes with no tools needed beyond what's included in the box.

And both are backed by Teak Culture's 100% money-back 1-year guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Is either teak shower bench a good choice for someone with mobility and balance concerns?

Yes, adjustable leveling feet on the bottom of both benches will compensate for an uneven shower floor. And side handles will provide extra support if needed when lowering oneself on to the seat and when standing back up.

Can I use a teak shower bench inside a bathtub?

No. Neither bench is designed for bathtub use. A bathtub floor is typically narrow and concave, and will not provide stable footing even for benches with adjustable leveling feet.

How much weight can these benches hold?

Both are rated for weight up to 250 lbs.

Do these benches need to be treated or oiled regularly?

Both benches arrive with a thin teak oil finish to make the teak grain and teak color really stand out. Beyond that, simple rinsing after showering to prevent the accumulation of soap scum, lotions and hair, is all that’s required. If you want to occasionally reapply teak oil to your bench that’s a personal choice, but hardly necessary.