Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

SANITARY ACCOMMODATION IN BUILDINGS O N L I N E V E R S I O N M1/M3 OTHER THAN DWELLINGS Diagram 20 Height of various fttings in toilet accommodation n. the emergency assistance call signal people who use crutches, or otherwise have outside the toilet compartment is impaired leg movements. The presence of located so that it can be easily seen and this facility helps avoid unnecessary travel heard by those able to give assistance; to unisex toilet accommodation. Some ambulant disabled people find it difficult o. an emergency assistance pull cord to use a standard height WC seat and, for is easily identifiable (see 4.30(e)) and them, it is important that the WC pan can reachable from the WC and from the accept a variable height toilet seat riser. floor close to the WC; 5.12 Separate-sex toilet washrooms p. any heat emitters are located so that above a certain size should also include an they do not restrict the minimum clear enlarged WC cubicle for use by people wheelchair manoeuvring space, nor the who need extra space, e.g. parents with space beside the WC used for transfer children and babies, people carrying from the wheelchair to the WC; luggage and also ambulant disabled q. WC pans conform to BS EN 997:2012 people. Consideration should be given to in terms of key dimensions in order to installing a fold-down table, e.g. for baby accommodate the use of a variable changing. Standard WC compartments height toilet seat riser (see 5.9); should also have a minimum manoeuvring r. cisterns for WCs that will be used by space clear of any door swing. Approved wheelchair users have their flushing Document T provides guidance on the mechanism positioned on the open or design provisions, dimensions and layouts transfer side of the space, irrespective for separate single-sex toilet of handing. accommodation to meet requirement T1. 5.13 Where a separate-sex toilet washroom Toilets in separate-sex washrooms can be accessed by wheelchair users, it Design considerations should be possible for them to use both a urinal, where appropriate, and a washbasin 5.11 Ambulant disabled people should at a lower height than is provided for other have the opportunity to use a WC users. The relative numbers of urinals for compartment within any separate-sex toilet men and WC compartments for women washroom. The compartment should be has been the subject of recent research. fitted with support rails, and include a In general, the findings indicate that there minimum activity space to accommodate Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2 52 O N L I N E V E R S I O N