Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings·Page 45·5.28

Wheelchair accessible changing facilities - General requirements

In buildings with changing facilities, disabled people should have access to individual self-contained cubicles or compartments with space for an assistant, proper manoeuvring space for wheelchairs, mirrors, clothes hooks at suitable heights, and appropriately fixed seats and grab rails.

In buildings where changing facilities are provided, some disabled people may require the privacy and convenience of an individual self-contained cubicle or compartment. The self-contained cubicle or compartment should allow space for an assistant. Provision of manoeuvring space for a wheelchair, to enable turning and transfer onto the seat, and provision of mirrors and clothes hooks mounted at suitable heights, are all critical features in relation to independent or assisted use of changing facilities. It is important that the seat and grab rails have suitable structural fixing support.

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