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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.

O N L I N E V E R S I O N M 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 E 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 64 O N L I N E V E R S I O N

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