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- Main changes
- Use of guidance|
- The requirements
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Section 0: General guidance|
- Performance
- Where the requirements apply|
- What requirements apply
- Education establishments
- Historic buildings
- Access statements
- Access statements (continued)
- Definitions
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Sections 1-5: Buildings other than dwellings|
- M1/M2 Section 1: Access to buildings other than dwellings|
- M1/M2 Section 2: Access into buildings other than dwellings|
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M1/M2 Section 3: Horizontal and vertical circulation in buildings other than dwellings|
- Objective
- Entrance hall and reception area
- Internal doors
- Internal doors (continued)
- Corridors and passageways
- Corridors and passageways (continued)
- Internal lobbies
- Vertical circulation within the building
- Provision of lifting devices
- General requirements for lifting devices
- Passenger lifts
- Lifting platforms
- Lifting platforms (continued)
- Wheelchair platform stairlifts
- Internal stairs
- Internal ramps
- Handrails to internal steps, stairs and ramps
- M1 Section 4: Facilities in buildings other than dwellings|
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M1/M3 Section 5: Sanitary accommodation in buildings other than dwellings|
- Objectives
- Sanitary accommodation generally
- Provision of toilet accommodation
- Wheelchair-accessible unisex toilets
- Wheelchair-accessible unisex toilets (continued)
- Toilets in separate-sex washrooms
- Toilets in separate-sex washrooms (continued)
- Wheelchair-accessible changing and shower facilities
- Wheelchair-accessible changing and shower facilities (continued)
- Wheelchair-accessible bathrooms
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Sections 6-10: Dwellings|
- M1 Section 6: Means of access to and into the dwelling|
- M1 Section 7: Circulation within the entrance storey of the dwelling|
- M1 Section 8: Accessible switches and socket outlets in the dwelling|
- M1 Section 9: Passenger lifts and common stairs in blocks of flats|
- M1/M4 Section 10: WC provision in the entrance storey of the dwelling|
- Standards referred to
- Other publications referred to
- Other sources of information
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Diagrams|
- Diagram 1 - Tactile paving and an example of its use at an uncontrolled crossing
- Diagram 2 - Parking bay designated for disabled people
- Diagram 3 - Relationship of ramp gradient to the going of a flight
- Diagram 4 - Stepped access - key dimensions and use of hazard warning surface
- Diagram 5 - External steps and stairs - key dimensions
- Diagram 6 - Examples of acceptable step profiles and key dimensions for external stairs
- Diagram 7 - Handrail design
- Diagram 8 - Avoiding hazards on access routes
- Diagram 9 - Effective clear width and visibility requirements of doors
- Diagram 10 - Key dimensions for lobbies with single leaf doors
- Diagram 11 - Key dimensions associated with passenger lifts
- Diagram 12 - Internal stairs - key dimensions
- Diagram 13 - An example of wheelchair spaces in a lecture theatre
- Diagram 14 - Possible location of wheelchair spaces in front of a rear aisle
- Diagram 15 - An example of wheelchair space provision in a cinema or theatre
- Diagram 16 - An example of a shared refreshment facility
- Diagram 17 - One example of a wheelchair -accessible hotel bedroom with en -suite sanitary facilities
- Diagram 18 - Unisex wheelchair -accessible toilet with corner WC
- Diagram 19 - Height and arrangement of fittings in a unisex wheelchair -accessible toilet (looking towards wall A in Diagram 18)
- Diagram 20 - Height of various fittings in toilet accommodation
- Diagram 21 - WC cubicle for ambulant disabled people
- Diagram 22 - An example of a self -contained changing room for individual use
- Diagram 23 - An example of a self -contained shower room for individual use
- Diagram 24 - An example of a shower room incorporating a corner WC for individual use
- Diagram 25 - An example of a bathroom incorporating a corner WC
- Diagram 26 - Grab rails and fittings associated with a bath
- Diagram 27 - External step profiles
- Diagram 28 - Corridors - passages and internal doors
- Diagram 29 - Heights of switches - sockets etc
- Diagram 30 - Common stairs in blocks of flats
- Diagram 31 - Clear space for frontal access to WC
- Diagram 32 - Clear space for oblique access to WC
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