Houses with accessibility
Practical Action
Electric fixing of plugs, switches, bells, alarms
The door bell should be fixed at
3’ in height with an electric bulb
Light signal with door
bell to sign to the deaf
(next to the bell) to hear/see the
bell ring. The electric plug base
person
shown in Figure 16 has to be at 3’
Electric
height.
plug
base
Door bell at
entrance
Figure 16: Electrical plugs
Design of the kitchen area
Accessible kitchen cupboards
Door
handle
Kitchen sink
with tap
All pantry cupboards and sinks
should be fixed at the given
heights shown in Figure. 17.
3”
3’
Figure 17: Kitchen cupboards
22’’.99””
Handrail fixed
around the wash
basin
All taps at sinks and wash basins should be
easily handled by all persons.
Easy moving tap
Mirror
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Figure 18: Sink and taps
2’-9”