Part M Building regs - access for disabled to front door

[Happy Valley]

Building Control are asking how we are going to deal with this as the tarmac will be approx 150mm from the inside finished floor level. Does the "Level Approach" allow for a 150mm step?

 

Don't fancy having to tarmac over the DPC level to build a ramp.

 

What are my options please (house is in England)

 

 

[ProDave]

Some BC's will accept a wooden ramp on top of the tarmac as long as it is fixed in place.  Ask him.

 

Ours in Scotland did, which some say never happens.

[nod]

We did a wooden ramp on our last one 

and moved after he had gone 

 

[Temp]

1 hour ago, Happy Valley said:

Building Control are asking how we are going to deal with this as the tarmac will be approx 150mm from the inside finished floor level. Does the "Level Approach" allow for a 150mm step?

 

 

Nope. Its a 12mm (or 15mm) step.

 

This or similar sketches can be found on the web.

 

 

 

[Temp]

We've had our level entrance some 15 years and would build one again even if it wasn't part of the regs. Much easier getting appliances into the house or anything on a sack trolly. Just this week our son broke an ankle playing rugby and is on crutches. So much easier for him going in and out to the car.

[DevilDamo]

The level access/threshold does not “have to be” the main entrance door. If you have another door at the same level and can provide level access to that, then that is fine. It was the only way we could meet the regulations with large developments and their feature entrances/porticos.