England · Statutory guidance
Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
Accessibility guidance for dwellings and buildings other than dwellings. The linked PDF is Volume 2.
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INDEX
Controls 4.25–4.30 Doors – handles 4.24, 5.4
Controls – height 4.25, 4.30, 5.18 Doors – internal 3.7–3.10
Controls – lifting devices 3.27–3.28, 3.43, Doors – lifting platforms 3.41, 3.43
3.49
Doors – low energy powered door systems
Controls – lighting 4.30, 5.4 3.7, 3.9 note, 3.10
Controls – powered doors 2.21 Doors – manually operated 2.9,
2.14–2.17, 3.9
Controls – showers 5.18
Doors – opening force 2.13, 3.10, 5.4
Controls – windows 4.24
Doors – passenger lifts 3.30, 3.33–3.34
Corridors 3.11–3.14
Doors – powered 2.10, 2.13, 2.18–2.21,
Counters – reception desks 3.3, 3.6
3.10, 4.18
Counters – refreshment facilities 4.3, 4.16
Doors – privacy bolts 5.4
Curtain opening devices 4.20
Doors – revolving 2.20
D Doors – safety stops 2.21
Definitions 0.26 Doors – self-closing devices 2.9, 2.14,
2.26, 3.7
Department for Transport 1.5
Doors – sliding doors 2.10, 2.27, 4.24
Dimensions – doors 2.13, 3.10
Doors – swing 2.21, 2.29, 4.24
Dimensions – entrance lobbies 2.27, 2.29
Doors – swing-free closing devices 3.7,
Dimensions – internal lobbies 3.16
3.9 note, 3.10
Dimensions – lifting devices 3.34, 3.43,
Doors – swings 5.14
3.49
Doors – toilets 3.14, 5.10, 5.14
Dimensions – parking bays 1.18
Doors – vision panels 3.10
Dimensions – wheelchair-accessible
bedrooms 4.24 Doors – visual contrast 3.8, 3.10
District Surveyors Association 4.10 Doors – visual warnings 2.21
Door furniture 2.13, 2.16–2.17, 3.10, Doors – wardrobes 4.24
4.24, 5.4
Doors – wheelchair-accessible
Door mats 2.7 bathrooms 5.21
Doors, see also Entrance doors Doors – wide angle viewers 4.24
Doors – audible warnings 2.21 Drop-down rails 5.8, 5.10, 5.18
Doors – bathrooms 5.21
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Doors – card-activated locks 4.23
Electric card-activated locks 4.23
Doors – connecting hotel bedrooms 4.22
Electrically powered hold-open
Doors – controls 2.19, 2.21, 4.23 devices 3.7, 3.9 note, 3.10
Doors – dimensions 2.13, 3.10 Embossed room numbers 4.24
Doors – electrically powered hold-open Emergency assistance alarms, see also Fire
devices 3.7, 3.9 note, 3.10 alarms 4.24, 4.30, 5.4, 5.10, 5.18, 5.21
Doors – entry systems 2.7 Emergency assistance call signals
Doors – fire doors 3.10 4.24, 5.10
Doors – glass doors 2.22, 2.24, 3.10
Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2
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Edition and local adoption determine which requirements apply. Use the publisher’s document for the complete clauses, diagrams and amendments.