Level access shower - Revision history

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	* Types of sanitary appliances.		* Types of sanitary appliances.
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	* Water closet.		* Water closet.
	* Wet room.		* Wet room.

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	* Sanitaryware.		* Sanitaryware.
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	* Types of sanitary appliances.		* Types of sanitary appliances.
	* Water closet.		* Water closet.

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	* Water closet.		* Water closet.
	* Wet room.		* Wet room.

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Designing Buildings at 07:03, 21 December 2020

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−	~~\|width="100%"~~\| Space capable of providing a level access shower without the need to move walls, remove screed or other solid flooring. It should include a capped-off floor gulley, set at an appropriate level and connected to the drainage system. (Usually provided within a wet room).	+	\| Space capable of providing a level access shower without the need to move walls, remove screed or other solid flooring. It should include a capped-off floor gulley, set at an appropriate level and connected to the drainage system. (Usually provided within a wet room).
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Designing Buildings: moved Installed level access shower to Level access shower

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−	~~= Find out more =~~	+	A potential level access shower is a:

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		+	\|width="100%"\| Space capable of providing a level access shower without the need to move walls, remove screed or other solid flooring. It should include a capped-off floor gulley, set at an appropriate level and connected to the drainage system. (Usually provided within a wet room).
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		+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =

	* Accessibility in the built environment.		* Accessibility in the built environment.

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−	\| Step-free area with no lips or upstands, suitable for showering, with a floor laid to shallow falls towards a floor ~~gullet~~ connected to the drainage system.	+	\| Step-free area with no lips or upstands, suitable for showering, with a floor laid to shallow falls towards a floor gulley connected to the drainage system.
	\|}		\|}

−	~~Where~~ a ~~step-free is~~ a	+	<br />
		+	Depending on the type of dwelling and number of bedspaces, the approved document may require an installed level access shower to be provided, and rooms that contain installed level access showers may be required to be constructed as a wet room, and may need to have the potential for a bath to be installed above it.

−	{\|	+	Where a wet room is a:
−	~~\| Route without steps but that may include a ramp or a lift suitable for a wheelchair user.~~	+
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−	Depending on the type of dwelling and number of bedspaces, the approved document may require an installed level access shower, and rooms that contain installed level access showers may be required to be constructed as a wet room, and may be required to have the potential for a bath to be installed above it, where a wet room is a:	+

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Designing Buildings: Created page with "The building regulations set out legal requirements for specific aspects of building design and construction. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how di..."

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Created page with "The building regulations set out legal requirements for specific aspects of building design and construction. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how di..."

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The building regulations set out legal requirements for specific aspects of building design and construction. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how different aspects of building design and construction can comply with the building regulations.

Approved document M provides guidance for satisfying Part M of the building regulations: Access to and use of buildings, which requires the inclusive provision of ease of access to, and circulation within, buildings, together with requirements for facilities for people with disabilities.

Approved document M, Volume 1: Dwellings (2015 edition incorporating 2016 amendments) defines an installed level access shower as a:

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| Step-free area with no lips or upstands, suitable for showering, with a floor laid to shallow falls towards a floor gullet connected to the drainage system.
|}

Where a step-free is a

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| Route without steps but that may include a ramp or a lift suitable for a wheelchair user.
|}

Depending on the type of dwelling and number of bedspaces, the approved document may require an installed level access shower, and rooms that contain installed level access showers may be required to be constructed as a wet room, and may be required to have the potential for a bath to be installed above it, where a wet room is a:

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| WC or bathroom compartment with tanking and drainage laid to a fall to a connected gulley capable of draining the floor area when used as a shower.
|}

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* Accessibility in the built environment.
* Approved Document G.
* Approved document M.
* Bathroom definition.
* Equality Act.
* People with disabilities.
* Ramps.
* Sanitary accommodation.
* Sanitaryware.
* Water closet.

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