Access ramp into the house!

[Lincolnshire Ian]

Hi folks

We are nearly finished - hooray! 

We have a conundrum with level access to the house. The difference in height from the edge of the door to 15cm below the vent is 40cm, this means we need a 4.8m long access ramp to get into the house. This has the potential to look rubbish! 

The front door is 8m from the road. 

Any ideas how I could make this look nice? 

Thanks 

[BotusBuild]

Wrap it round that support post?

 

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[crispy_wafer]

I’m sure I’ve read on here that others have lashed something up that resembles an access ramp to get through building control, then when building control have duly signed off, you can remove and get on with life!

[Russell griffiths]

Roll of plastic up the front of the house, 2 cubic metres of weak concrete

build the ramp to spec, get it signed off

pull the ramp out and chuck it in a skip. 
pain in the arse, but I completely don’t agree with these regs so just work around it. 

[Tony L]

Or have some lovely steps at your front door & make your Part M level access at the back door.

[Russell griffiths]

15 minutes ago, Tony L said:

Or have some lovely steps at your front door & make your Part M level access at the back door.

Mine is like this.  

[Gone West]

We had a similar layout and our ramp ran from the left, in front of the house.

[Dreadnaught]

I have the same issue. Will have an attractive landing and steps – and a meandering path for weeding the flower beds to one side that doubles as the access ramp. 

 

I am required to meet Part M(2) so the landing needs to be 1.2m x 1.2m.