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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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Parking 1.15–1.18 Sales counters 3.3
Parking ticket machines 1.16, 1.18 Sanitary accommodation 0.8, 0.14, 4.19,
4.24, 5.1–5.21, 10.1–10.3
Passageways, see Corridors
Sanitary accommodation –
Passenger lifts, see Lifting devices
bathrooms 4.19, 4.24, 5.19–5.21, 10.2
Planning system 0.21
Sanitary accommodation – changing rooms
Platform lifts, see Lifting devices –
5.15–5.18
lifting platforms
Sanitary accommodation – cubicle doors
Podiums, see also Rostrums 4.12
5.3, 5.4, 10.3
Principal entrance 0.26, 1.17–1.18, 3.6
Sanitary accommodation – dimensions
Pull cords 4.20, 4.24, 4.30, 5.3, 5.10, 5.7, 5.10, 10.3
5.18, 5.21
Sanitary accommodation – dwellings
Public address systems, see 10.1–10.3
Communication aids
Sanitary accommodation – en-suite hotel
Public telephones 4.14 rooms 4.19, 4.24
Push buttons – doors 2.18, 2.21 Sanitary accommodation – enlarged
cubicles 5.6, 5.12, 5.14
Push buttons – lifting platforms 3.39
Sanitary accommodation – entrance storey
Push buttons – switches and socket
of dwellings 10.1–10.3
outlets 4.30
Sanitary accommodation – finger rinse
Push pads 2.21, 4.28–4.30, 5.3
basins 5.8
R Sanitary accommodation – grab bars
5.4, 5.14
Radio signals, see Communication aids
Sanitary accommodation – grab rails
Ramps – approach routes 1.19–1.26
5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.18
Ramps – corridors 3.14
Sanitary accommodation – hoists
Ramps – handrails 1.26, 1.34–1.37 5.20 note
Ramps – internal 3.14, 3.20, 3.52–3.53 Sanitary accommodation – inward opening
doors 5.3, 5.14
Ramps – podiums and stages 4.12
Sanitary accommodation – lever taps 4.23
Reception desks, see also Enquiry desks
3.2–3.6, 4.32 Sanitary accommodation – mixer taps 5.4
Reflective wall surfaces, see Wall surfaces Sanitary accommodation – outward
opening doors 5.3, 5.14, 10.3
Refreshment facilities 4.13–4.16
Sanitary accommodation – provision
Remote controls 2.21
0.14, 5.2, 5.5–5.7, 5.13, 10.1–10.2
Restaurants 4.13–4.16
Sanitary accommodation – refreshment
Revolving doors, see Doors
facilities 4.14, 4.17
Rises – steps and stairs 1.33
Sanitary accommodation – separate-sex
Room numbers – embossed 4.24 washrooms 5.11–5.14
Rostrums, see also Podiums 4.32 Sanitary accommodation – showers 4.19,
4.24, 5.15–5.18
Approved Document M Volume 2 Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings
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