Description

A universal design approach to access into homes means ensuring the main route to and into the dwelling is accessible to all.

Steps and steep slopes along the route into a home can make it difficult for many people to enter and leave independently. Well-designed routes can make entering and leaving home easier and safer for most people.

This bulletin provides a range of universal design considerations for ensuring the routes to new and existing homes are accessible.

Scope

This Bulletin includes:

• Introduction
• General requirements for access routes
• Designing accessible routes
  • Ramps
  • Landings
  • Transitions
  • Slip-resistant surfaces
  • Handrails
  • Edge rails and kerbs
• Lighting
• At the entrance
• Alternatives to ramps
• Adding accessible routes to new and existing dwellings
• More information