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Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

Accessibility guidance for dwellings and buildings other than dwellings. The linked PDF is Volume 2.

AccessibilityAnthropometry & ergonomics
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Source wording and page order preserved. Drawings and table layouts remain available in the original PDF.

SANITARY ACCOMMODATION IN BUILDINGS O N L I N E V E R S I O N M1/M3 OTHER THAN DWELLINGS Diagram 22 An example of a self-contained changing room for individual use Provisions c. in communal shower facilities and changing facilities, they are provided 5.18 Wheelchair-accessible changing and with subdivisions that have the same shower facilities will satisfy Requirement configuration of space and equipment M1 or M3 if: as for self-contained facilities but For changing and shower facilities without doors; a. a choice of layouts suitable for left-hand d. in sports facilities, individual self- and right-hand transfer is provided when contained shower facilities and changing more than one individual changing facilities are available in addition to compartment or shower compartment communal separate-sex facilities; is available; e. an emergency assistance pull cord, b. they are provided with wall-mounted complying with 4.30(e), is easily drop-down support rails and wall- identifiable and reachable from the mounted slip-resistant tip-up seats wall-mounted tip-up seat, or from the (not spring loaded); floor; Approved Document M Volume 2 Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings O N L I N E V E R S I O N 55

Edition and local adoption determine which requirements apply. Use the publisher’s document for the complete clauses, diagrams and amendments.