Content:
Dedication iv
Foreword v
Preface vi
Background vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction 1
Building Regulations and planning policy 4
Format of the guide 6
Chapters
1 Strategic site development 7
2 External approach routes and parking 9
3 Communal entrances, doors and circulation 19
4 Individual dwelling entrances and other external doors 29
5 Dwelling circulation areas and storage 37
6 Moving between levels within the dwelling 47
7 Using living spaces 51
8 Using the kitchen 57
9 Bedrooms 71
10 Bathrooms 79
11 Operating internal doors and windows 99
12 Services and controls 103
13 Using outdoor spaces 109
14 Designing wheelchair adaptable dwellings 113
Appendices
1 Furniture schedule 125
2 Glossary of terms 127
3 Legislation and technical standards 129
4 Organisations and sources of information 129
5 Cross-referencing 130
Index 133