nod Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Building control was booked for sign off The lady that had discussed my timber ramp had rung in sick A replacement was on his way He agreed I had followed the disabled access to the letter and stated that he will add a note to the sign off paths and driveway paving incomplete Temporary ADEQUATE Disabled acces Installed He stated that the rules are the same accross the U.K. Its worth thinking about to those who have had to leave the outside to consenteate on the inside Or simply haven’t got the funds till they revive there vat rebate we intend to build that area up With sweeping paving Pretty much like Jeremy pictured recently It is worth noting He also stated that many of the house builders are falling foul of these rules By not having a LEVEL landing in front of the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Eeeek, that is a lot effort for a 220mm ? height difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 Yep It took me best part of a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 The level turning area outside the door is really important. My friend came around to test our access for us, and advise on whether or not we'd got things right indoors, and in the loo, and he mentioned that it was a nightmare trying to turn a wheelchair through 90 degrees and lean forward to open a door if there isn't a reasonable sized flat space available outside the door. He also pointed out that he needs room to be able to reverse his chair as the door opens, so there needs to be enough flat space to allow for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomiser Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Glad you got through, but surprised. I thought there had to be a surface suitable for a wheel chair from the parking to the door. Not sure how easy it would be to take a wheelchair over that unfinished drive jn front of the ramp. Did they raise that at all? Randomiser. Edited March 30, 2019 by Randomiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 It’s unfinished but compacted You can drive a car within a mtr of the ramp This door leads to the utility Then through another door into the kitchen between two lots of units Around the Island then onto the living area Totally unsuitable for a wheel chair My brother in-laws drives his chair through the French doors at the back of the house and parks himself in front of the tv Great acces But around the back of the house so deemed not suitable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, nod said: Great acces But around the back of the house so deemed not suitable Is that deemed not suitable according to the Regs or was this your preference? I ask because the official front of my house faces west. The natural principal approach is in the SE quadrant to the back door. The simplest external door to approach via a ramp faces north and would require a longer access path a bit like the @JSHarrisimplementation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Gary... you've got rid of the urinal? Bit mean that innit? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 1 hour ago, epsilonGreedy said: Is that deemed not suitable according to the Regs or was this your preference? I ask because the official front of my house faces west. The natural principal approach is in the SE quadrant to the back door. The simplest external door to approach via a ramp faces north and would require a longer access path a bit like the @JSHarrisimplementation. The drive slopes towards the house so I wasn’t keen to build up the front But BC said I have a choice between front and side No chance for either back door I’m not sure if that was just mine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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