Disability Ramp

scholar88

I'm in the process of designing a ramp to a house to an existing house in order to provide access for a wheelchair. Does anybody know where exactly what building codes I am looking for? Also the house has a front door which extends from the front of the house, anywhere I could find examples or images of where disability access was done before?

Prenderb

The relevant parts of the Building Regulations are Parts K and M. Your best bet is the Technical Guidance Documents at environ.ie, which give advice on provision.

Technical Guidance Document K: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,1651,en.pdf

Technical Guidance Document M: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,24773,en.pdf

Hope that helps.

Pren.

Poor Uncle Tom

http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,24773,en.pdf

Should have what you need.

What exactly do you mean by:

Also the house has a front door which extends from the front of the house,

engineermike

HI op,
A picture of the front ? - or rear access your thinking of doing the ramp. Keeping in mind you need 1:12 grad from the threshold of the door.
mikef

sydthebeat

I would recommend going above and beyond the minimum building regulations by checking out the national wheelchair association 'universal access for all' guidelines.

http://www.iwa.ie/Docs/IWA-Access-Guidelines-Edition-1.pdf

see mainly pages 21 to 26

BryanF

I know in Cork the local council engineers are very farmilar with the requirements and will offer advice on difficult existing sites

highkings

Looking for a bit of advice on the provision of a ramp to a private existing dwelling where the property owner cannot exit safely anymore.
I know the ramp has to be a gradient of generally 1:20 and the landing has to be in excess of 1200mm square.
The ramp is sloped along the front wall of the house so it is only necessary to put a handrail in place on the outside. Is there a specific size handrail that is required, has it to be made from a specific material, what height has it to be, is there a requirement for an intermediate/lower rail?
I have read through the Technical Guidelines but am getting more confused the more I read. Can anyone give a very brief synopsis of the regs.

sydthebeat

highkings wrote: »

Looking for a bit of advice on the provision of a ramp to a private existing dwelling where the property owner cannot exit safely anymore.
I know the ramp has to be a gradient of generally 1:20 and the landing has to be in excess of 1200mm square.
The ramp is sloped along the front wall of the house so it is only necessary to put a handrail in place on the outside. Is there a specific size handrail that is required, has it to be made from a specific material, what height has it to be, is there a requirement for an intermediate/lower rail?
I have read through the Technical Guidelines but am getting more confused the more I read. Can anyone give a very brief synopsis of the regs.

can i advise to go beyond the minimum requirement and follow the Irish wheelchair association guidelines?

http://www.iwa.ie/downloads/information/publications/misc/iwa-access-guidelines-2010-edition-2.pdf

see page 26