Appropriate access (including private roads, shared private drives, private drives, car parking and paths) shall be provided to and around the home. Issues to be taken into account include: house paths and patios.

2024年7月23日 · Part M focuses on access to and use of buildings. It includes provisions for disabled access, such as designing entrances, doorways, corridors, ramps, stairs, and accessible facilities like toilets and parking spaces. NHBC also encourages the implementation of Lifetime Homes Standards.

Where it is not possible to provide a ramp to the principal entrance in accordance with Diagram 3 either head on or by running the ramp parallel to the dwelling, Table 1 provides some alternative options which could be considered. These options provide for smaller landings and steeper but shorter ramps and may allow for a ramp as an

2011年1月7日 · Accessible thresholds shall be protected by adequate weatherproofing and drainage. Accessible thresholds should: have a 75mm minimum balcony upstand below the underside of the projecting sill, measured from the balcony drainage layer.

form of ramps or steps. n Approved Document M says that a ramped approach to the principal entrance should normally be provided but steps are acceptable where they are ‘unavoidable’. Answer In England & Wales where a property is constructed with the principal entrance close to a public footpath and room for a ramped

2015年3月1日 · Building regulations for access to and use of buildings in dwellings and buildings other than dwellings and provides a baseline for accessibility in the built environment. The 2015 edition with...

Part M of the Building Regulations for ramps, steps and handrails. Neat planning of the positioning of inspection chambers and other service access covers – not half on and half off a footpath. Neat cutting of slabs or dressing of surface materials around access covers. Cleanliness and sharpness of finish.

n NHBC Standards clause 10.2.5 refers to the provision of a handrail to external steps where the total rise of a flight exceeds 600mm. n Approved Document M (England & Wales) requires a handrail on one side of a flight of steps where the flight comprises three or

Handrails and guarding to ramps Category 1, 2 and 3 Question: Do ramps need handrails? Answer: Approved Document M does not include guidance for handrails and guarding to external ramps,...

2016年3月1日 · Guidance on the use of ramps and steps is covered to provide ease of access, with information including safe degrees of pitch and dimensions when building a wheelchair …