Houses with accessibility
Practical Action
Mirror
Wash
basin
Handrail
Door
open
to out-
side
2’9”
Removable
wooden chair
15”
Figure 13.2: Toilet with washbasin and mirror
Construction of doorways
Bell, switch, door handle and lock
Handrail
as handle
Entrance
door bell
switch
Door
lock
All doors should be with internal sizes of
not less than 6’-6”x3’-0” width to enable
wheel chair users to move comfortably
inside any house, so that it would enable
any disabled persons to allow move
independently as shown in Figure. 14. The
bell, the hand rail, the switch, door handle
and the lock should be fixed as shown in
the same picture.
Fix bell switch at 3 feet high.
Figure 14: Doors and bell
Fixing Windows
Window with a plain glass pane should be
fixed at top hung, open to inside by the
wheel chair user as shown in Figure.15.
Fix a window at 3 feet high, inside of
the room.
Figure 15: Windows
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