Eddie.2k
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Does anyone know what the minimum distance a kitchen island needs to be from walls, cupboards etc for wheel chair access etc
Ive got a 4m wide x 5m depth kitchen
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Thought all the disabled shite was only for new build houses.
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Eddie.2k
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Yeah sorry should have said this is a new build
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Ben G
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What if you have no disabled people living there? Or is thos some new silly rule?
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AndyKent
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Bit of a random question, but generally wheelchair users need 1000mm to turn/maneuver.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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As in first kitchen in a new build? Or its a new built house your putting a new one in?
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Eddie.2k
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No its a new build house so first kitchen.
I think its in the rules, even though no one living there has a wheel chair. Same goes for you now need an access ramp into the house.
I'm trying to design it online and get a rough price before I go into a showroom to get it done properly
[Edited on 24-02-2015 by Eddie.2k]
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random dav
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You can rip up the ramp and stuff wheel chair access as soon as its in the owners posession afaik. Thats what people did when I worked onsite. Is it your house? Self build?
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Eddie.2k
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It's not technically a self build.
It's a new development but I've had the house designed and the company that owns the land pays the builder. I pay 10% of the overall cost upfront and then the rest on completion
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spencer88
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New homes do not have to be "lifetime" homes from what I have seen. However, if it does have to be, here is some guidance I found:
6 The width of the doorways and
hallways should conform to the
specifications in the next column.
Doorway clear
opening width (mm)
Corridor/ passageway
width (mm)
750 or wider 900 (when approach is
head- on)
750 1200 (when approach is
not head- on)
775 1050 (when approach is
not head- on)
900 900 (when approach is not
head- on)
The clear opening width of the front door should
be 800mm. There should be 300mm to the side
of the leading edge of doors on the entrance
level.
7 There should be space for
turning a wheelchair in dining
areas and living rooms and
adequate circulation space for
wheelchair users elsewhere.
A turning circle of 1500mm diameter or a
1700x1400mm ellipse is required.
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