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NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (the Workplace Regulations) contain some requirements which affect building design. The main requirements are now covered

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

The guidance in Section 7 is to facilitate people with a range of abilities to approach and gain access into a dwelling and to a common entrance of a block of dwellings e.g. flats, from the boundary o

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

In a block of dwellings e.g. flats, the guidance is to ensure reasonable provision for people with a disability to visit occupants who live on any storey.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

In this Technical Booklet the following definitions apply – Access – approach or entry. Accessible – suitable access to and usable by all people, regardless of their ability. Dwelling – has the meanin

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A lifting platform should only be provided to transfer wheelchair users, people with reduced mobility and their companions vertically between levels or storeys. All users, including wheelchair users,

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A lifting platform should be contained within a liftway enclosure where – (a) the vertical travel distance is more than 2000 mm; or (b) the lifting platform travels through a floor penetration.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A lifting platform should have a platform size of – (a) not less than 800 mm wide and not less than 1250 mm deep, where the lifting platform is not contained within a liftway enclosure; (b) not less t

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A lifting platform should have a door or doors which provide an effective clear width of not less than – (a) 900 mm, where the size of the lifting platform is not less than 1100 mm wide and not less t

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

The platform controls for a lifting platform should be – (a) of the continuous pressure type; and (b) positioned not less than 800 mm and not more than 1100 mm above the floor of the lifting platform

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Visual indication and audible indication of the lifting platform arrival and the floor reached, should be provided within the lifting platform.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Clear permanent operating instructions should be provided either in, or adjacent to, the lifting platform.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Diagram 5.6 Typical wheelchair accessible guest bedroom 300 mm minimum for details of accessible shower rooms and bathrooms see Section 6 clear opening width of doorway is related to the approach an

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Where a wheelchair accessible guest bedroom has a balcony, there should be access to it by a doorway – (a) that has a clear opening width that complies with Table 4.1; (b) with a level threshold that

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Where a door viewer is provided to the entrance door to a wheelchair accessible guest bedroom a second door viewer should also be provided. These door viewers should be positioned at 1050 mm and 1500

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A wheelchair accessible guest bedroom should have an emergency assistance alarm – (a) that is activated by a pull cord, complying with the provisions of paragraph 5.46, that can be operated from the b

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Wheelchair users should be able to gain access to and conveniently use sanitary accommodation. En-suite sanitary facilities are the preferred option for wheelchair accessible bedrooms. Unless there ar

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

The sanitary accommodation for a guest bedroom which is designed as a wheelchair accessible bedroom, should be provided either – (a) en-suite, where that is the arrangement for the rest of the bedroom

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A wheelchair accessible bedroom should have a shower or bath facility complying with the provisions of paragraphs 6.33 and 6.34 provided either – (a) en-suite, where that is the arrangement for the re

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Diagram 6.6 Suitable individual wheelchair accessible shower room Key dimensions and features: - 1500 mm by 1500 mm wheelchair turning space - Floor drain with slope on floor to drain - Fixed shower

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Diagram 6.7 Suitable individual wheelchair accessible shower room incorporating a water closet and a standing height washbasin Elevation and Plan showing: - 1500 mm by 1500 mm wheelchair turning spac

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

An individual wheelchair accessible bathroom should have – (a) the minimum dimensions and arrangement of fittings as shown in Diagram 6.8; (b) a floor with a surface that reduces the risk of slipping;

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Diagram 6.8 Suitable bathroom layout incorporating a water closet and a standing height washbasin Key dimensions and features: - 1500 mm by 1500 mm wheelchair turning space - Horizontal grab rail: 15

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Dwellings and blocks of dwellings

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A level or ramped approach should be provided to the entrance to a dwelling or to a common entrance to a block of dwellings. However, variations in topography, available plot area, and the distance of

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

People with a disability should have access from the point of entry to the principal entrance of a dwelling or the common entrance to a block of dwellings by – (a) a level approach complying with the

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Where the plot gradient to the principal entrance of a dwelling or the common entrance to a block of dwellings is greater than – (a) 1 in 15; or (b) 1 in 12 where the travel distance is less than 5 m,

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Where a driveway provides the whole or part of the approach, it should comply with the requrements for a level approach or a ramped approach. The approach should be clear of any parking space. Where t

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

The principal entrance to a dwelling or the common entrance to a block of dwellings should have a door with a minimum clear opening width of not less than 775 mm and a level threshold. See Diagram 7.1

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Reasonable provision for access should be made from the common entrance of the block of dwellings to the principal entrance of each dwelling so that a person with a disability may visit occupants who

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

This Section deals with access within the common areas of a block of dwellings e.g. flats, and contains provisions for horizontal and vertical circulation. Common areas are the circulation routes used

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A horizontal circulation route within a common area should be level or ramped and have an unobstructed width of not less than 1200 mm. Where a handrail is provided, the width at handrail level may be

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A vertical circulation route to any storey should be provided by a common stair and where a lift is provided, by a suitable passenger lift.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

Where a lift is provided, it should be suitable for unassisted use by – (a) a wheelchair user; and (b) a person with sensory impairments. Measures should also be adopted to give people with a disabili

NI-wide·Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings

A passenger lift should – (a) have a door or doors which provide a clear opening width of not less than 800 mm; (b) have a car with a width of not less than 900 mm and a depth not less than 1250 mm me