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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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Visual contrast 0.26, 2.17, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, Provision of toilet accommodation 48
3.18, 3.28, 3.34, 3.43, 4.28, 5.4
Wheelchair-accessibile unisex toilets 49
Visual contrast – controls 4.28
Toilets in separate-sex washrooms 51
Visual contrast – definition 0.26
Wheelchair-accessible changing
Visual contrast – door furniture 2.17 and shower facilities 52
Visual contrast – internal doors 3.8, 3.10 Wheelchair-accessible bathrooms 56
Visual contrast – lifting devices 3.18,
Standards referred to 59
3.28, 3.34, 3.43
Visual contrast – push pads 4.28 Other publications referred to 60
Visual contrast – sanitary fittings 5.4 Index 63
Visual contrast – seating 4.7 Provision of toilet accommodation 48
Visual fire alarm signals 4.24 Wheelchair-accessibile unisex toilets 49
Visual information – lifting devices 3.31, Toilets in separate-sex washrooms 52
3.34, 3.37, 3.43
Wheelchair-accessible changing
Visual warnings – entrance doors 2.21 and shower facilities 53
Wheelchair-accessible bathrooms 56
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Wall surfaces, see also Surfaces 3.4 Standards referred to 59
Wall surfaces – lifting platforms 3.42
Other publications referred to 60
Wall surfaces – materials 4.32
Index 63
Wall surfaces – passenger lifts 3.32
Provision of toilet accommodation 48
Wall surfaces – reflective 3.4, 3.32
Wheelchair-accessibile unisex toilets 49
Wardrobes, see Bedrooms
Toilets in separate-sex washrooms 52
Wash basins, see Sanitary accommodation
Wheelchair-accessible changing
Wayfinding 4.31
and shower facilities 53
WCs, see Sanitary accommodation
Wheelchair-accessible bathrooms 55
Weather protection, see Entrance doors –
Standards referred to 59
weather protection
Wheelchair-accessible bedrooms, Other publications referred to 60
see Bedrooms
Index 63
Wheelchair platform stairlifts, see Lifting
devices Provision of toilet accommodation 48
Widths, see Dimensions Wheelchair-accessibile unisex toilets 49
Window controls in hotel bedrooms, Toilets in separate-sex washrooms 52
see Bedrooms
Wheelchair-accessible changing
Worktops – refreshment facilities 4.16 and shower facilities 53
Wheelchair-accessible bathrooms 55
Standards referred to 60
Other publications referred to 61
Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2
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