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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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O N L I N E V E R S I O N M INDEX Smoke detectors 3.10 Surfaces – blister 1.13 Social facilities 4.1 Surfaces – corduroy hazard warning 1.33 Society for the Protection of Ancient Surfaces – finishes 4.32, 4.35 note Buildings 0.19 Surfaces – hazard warning 1.13, 1.33, 3.50 Socket outlets 4.25–4.30 Surfaces – lifting devices 3.32, 3.42 Sound field systems, see Communication aids Surfaces – materials 4.32 Spectator events 4.2, 4.11, 4.36 Surfaces – parking bays 1.15, 1.18 Spectator facilities 4.5, 4.12 Surfaces – reception area floors 3.6 Spectator seating 0.14, 4.2, 4.5–4.8, 4.12 Surfaces – sanitary accommodation 5.4, Sport England 2.13, 4.11, 5.6 note, 5.18 note, 5.21 note 5.17 note Surfaces – slip-resistant floors 3.6, 3.14, Sports facilities 2.13, 4.5, 4.11, 5.6 note, 5.18, 5.21 5.16–5.18 Surfaces – tactile paving 1.13, 1.33 Sports facilities – changing rooms Swing doors, see Doors 5.16–5.18 Swing-free closing devices, see Doors Sports facilities – doors 2.13 Switches 4.25–4.30 Sports facilities – showers 5.16–5.18 Symbols 4.36 Sports facilities – spectators 4.11 Sports facilities – stadia 4.11 T Sports facilities – toilets 5.6 note Tactile paving, see Surfaces Stages, see also Rostrums 4.12 Tactile signs 4.35 note Stairs, see also Goings, Rises and Taps, see Sanitary accommodation Steps 1.33, 3.19, 3.50–3.51 Telephone systems, see Communication aids Stairs – hazard warning surfaces 1.33, 3.50 Telephones 4.14 Stairs – internal 3.19, 3.50–3.51 Terraces 4.14 Stepped terraced floors 4.12 Terraces – auditoria 4.12 Steps, see also Goings, Rises and Stairs Text telephones, see Communication aids Steps – approach routes 1.21, 1.27–1.37 Theatres 4.10, 4.12, 4.35–4.36 Steps – internal stairs 3.51 Thresholds, see Entrance doors – Steps – school buildings 1.33 note thresholds Storeys – accessibility 0.14 Toilets, see Sanitary accommodation Student accommodation 0.16 Touch plates 4.29 Student accommodation – bedrooms U 4.4, 4.17–4.24 Uplighters 4.34 Support rails, see Sanitary accommodation – grab rails V Surfaces, see also Floor surfaces, Wall Vertical circulation 3.1, 3.17–3.55 surfaces 4.32 Vertical lifting platforms, see Lifting devices Surfaces – approaches 1.9, 1.13, 1.26, 1.33 Vision panels 3.10 Approved Document M Volume 2 Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings O N L I N E V E R S I O N 69

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