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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.
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Hazards – internal lobbies 3.16 Lifting devices – speeds 3.43, 3.49
Hazards – warning surfaces 1.13, 1.33, 3.50 Lifting devices – visual contrast 3.18,
3.28, 3.34, 3.43
Hearing enhancement systems, see
Communication aids Lifting devices – visual information 3.31,
3.34, 3.37, 3.43
Heat emitters 5.4, 5.10
Lifting devices – wall surfaces 3.32, 3.42
Historic buildings 0.17–0.19, 3.22
Lifting devices – wheelchair platform
Hoists – bathrooms 5.20 note
stairlifts 3.23–3.24, 3.44–3.49
Horizontal circulation 3.1–3.16
Lifting platforms, see Lifting devices
Hot surfaces 5.3
Lifts, see Lifting devices
Hotel bedrooms, see Bedrooms
Light switches 4.28–4.30, 5.3
I Lighting 4.9, 4.34, 4.36
Induction loops, see Communication aids Lighting – artificial 4.34, 4.36
Inductive couplers, see Communication aids Lighting – conference facilities 4.9
Infrared signals, see Communication aids Lighting – controls 4.30, 5.4
International Symbol of Access 2.7 Lighting – lifting devices 3.26
Lighting – sanitary facilities 5.4
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Lighting – uplighters 4.34
Joysticks – wheelchair platform stairlifts
3.47 Limb storage facilities 5.18
Lip reading and speaking 3.4, 4.6, 4.9,
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4.32, 4.34
Lavatories, see Sanitary accommodation Lobbies 2.25–2.29, 3.15–3.16
Lecture facilities 4.1, 4.5, 4.9, 4.32–4.36 Lockers 3.14 note, 5.18
Leisure facilities 4.1, 4.10, 4.36
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Level approaches, see Approaches – level
Manifestation – glass doors and screens
Lifting devices 3.17–3.49
2.22, 3.14
Lifting devices – accessibility to toilets 5.10
Material alterations 0.1–0.4, 0.9
Lifting devices – call buttons 3.28, 3.34,
Mirrors in passenger lifts, see Lifting devices
3.43
Mixed use development 0.12
Lifting devices – dimensions 3.29, 3.34,
Motel bedrooms, see Bedrooms
3.43, 3.49
Lifting devices – illumination 3.26
Motion sensors 2.18, 2.21
Lifting devices – instructions for use 3.43,
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3.49
Notice boards 3.5
Lifting devices – lifting platforms 3.22,
3.24, 3.35–3.43
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Lifting devices – mirrors 3.34
Opening force of doors, see Doors
Lifting devices – passenger lifts 3.17,
3.21–3.24, 3.29–3.34
Lifting devices – podiums and stages 4.12
Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2
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