Q: Do wheelchairs fit through standard doors? A: most wheelchairs have an average seat width of about 18in-22in to fit through standard doorways. However, most standard doors aren’t designed to accommodate wheelchairs.

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What is the standard rough opening for an exterior door? So if each door measures 30 inches wide, the width of the rough opening should be 62 inches. For the height of the rough opening, you need to add 2 ½ inches to the height of the door.

Doors should be wide enough for double buggies and wheelchairs (minimum of 0.8 m for single doors). Doors should be easy to open and close, with lever rather than knob handles, about 1.04 m above floor level. Revolving doors, those with spring closers and turnstiles should be avoided.

Doors must open outwards and be at least 900mm wide to allow for easy wheelchair access. These doorways needn’t be any higher than a standard door (900mm is also a standard width). Due to requiring space for a wheelchair, accessible toilets need more floor space (1500mm x 2200mm).

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Disabled toilet, shower, and changing rooms within commercial premises are required to comply with building regulations Approved Document M: Volume 2 – Buildings other than dwellings, BS8300, and the National Planning Framework.

There should be no lid on the WC seat. This will interfere with the use of the back pad. The WC should be of a standard design that allows the fitting of a lavatory seat riser by people who need to use one. This allows a user to raise the height of the WC.

The lid was designed to keep germs where they belong, in the bowl and down the drain! If you leave the lid up when you flush, those germs can float around your bathroom, landing on any available surface, including towels, hairbrushes or even toothbrushes.

“Since the water in the toilet bowl contains bacteria and other microbes from feces, urine and maybe even vomit, there will be some in the water droplets. The easiest way to avoid this nastiness coating your bathroom is, simply, to close the toilet seat. “Closing the lid reduces the spread of droplets,” Hill explained.

The term ‘ambulant disabled’ refers to people with a wide range of disabilities who are not regular wheelchair users. This could include, for example, people who have diabetes, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or cancer.

Ambulant Toilets are specifically designed for individuals with ambulant disabilities that do not require the amount of space that an accessible toilet offers (such as an arthritis victim or walking frame user).

What is the Access Card? Information, Evidence, Discounts and Opportunities for Disabled People. The Access Card is a card like no other; we translate your disability / impairment into symbols that highlight the barriers you face and the reasonable adjustments you might need. Think of it like a Disability Passport/