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
S Sanitary accommodation – toilet seat
risers 5.9, 5.11
Sales counters 3.3
Sanitary accommodation – toilets 4.19,
Sanitary accommodation 0.8, 0.14, 4.19,
5.5–5.14
4.24, 5.1–5.21
Sanitary accommodation – transfer
Sanitary accommodation –
seats 5.21
bathrooms 4.19, 4.24, 5.19–5.21
Sanitary accommodation – transfer
Sanitary accommodation – changing rooms
space 5.8, 5.18, 5.21
5.15–5.18
Sanitary accommodation – unisex toilets
Sanitary accommodation – cubicle doors
5.5, 5.7, 5.8–5.10
5.3, 5.4
Sanitary accommodation – urinals
Sanitary accommodation – dimensions
5.13–5.14
5.7, 5.10
Sanitary accommodation – washbasins
Sanitary accommodation – en-suite hotel
5.4, 5.8, 5.10, 5.13–5.14
rooms 4.19, 4.24
Sanitary accommodation – wheelchair-
Sanitary accommodation – enlarged
accessible facilities 4.17, 4.19, 5.3–5.4,
cubicles 5.6, 5.7, 5.12, 5.14
5.15–5.21
Sanitary accommodation – finger rinse
School buildings 0.15, 0.16
basins 5.8
School buildings – corridors 3.14 note
Sanitary accommodation – grab bars
5.4, 5.14 School buildings – steps 1.33 note
Sanitary accommodation – grab rails Schools, see School buildings
5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.18
Seating areas – refreshment facilities 4.16
Sanitary accommodation – hoists
Shelving – hotel rooms 4.20
5.20 note
Shower facilities, see Sanitary
Sanitary accommodation – inward opening
accommodation – showers
doors 5.3, 5.14
Sight lines 4.9
Sanitary accommodation – lever taps 4.23
Sign language 3.4, 4.6, 4.9, 4.32
Sanitary accommodation – outward
Sign language interpreters 4.6, 4.9
opening doors 5.3, 5.14
Sign-posting 2.5, 2.7
Sanitary accommodation – provision
0.14, 5.2, 5.5–5.7, 5.13 Signals, see Audible signs, Visual
fire-alarm signals
Sanitary accommodation – refreshment
facilities 4.14, 4.16 Signs 2.5, 2.7, 3.5, 3.18, 4.35 note
Sanitary accommodation – separate-sex Signs – accessible entrances 2.5
washrooms 5.11–5.14
Signs – lifting devices 3.18
Sanitary accommodation – showers 4.19,
Signs – tactile 4.35 note
4.24, 5.15–5.18
Site boundary 0.5, 1.1, 1.6
Sanitary accommodation – taps 4.23,
5.3–5.4 Sleeping accommodation, see Bedrooms
Sanitary accommodation – toilet doors Sliding doors – handles 4.24
3.14, 5.3–5.4
Slip-resistant floor surfaces, see Floor
Sanitary accommodation – toilet pans surfaces – slip resistant
5.9–5.11
Slip-resistant seats 5.18
Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2
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