Reposted from Building. Recommended distance in front of WC?

[Fred_Fanackapan]

I'm adding a shower to my 'bathroom' in my summer chalet and I wonder what space should be left in front of my wc.

This is a rough plan to show the layout.

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• Fred_Fanackapan
• 18 May 2010
• 2

 

[seco services]

about 600mm

 

[Fred_Fanackapan]

Thanks! I'll move the basin nearer the shower to see if I can get nearer that figure.

I think about 300mm is the max I can get

 

[greemyamochop]

Whatevers comfortable, enough room to take a pee i guess

 

[seco services]

Whatevers comfortable, enough room to take a pee i guess

you guess wrong then.
their are regs covering activity space.

 

[Fred_Fanackapan]

I can pee from nearer the side. It's the sitting down and standing up that's the problem.

 

[Tipper]

I thought any change to wc's will involve the building control officer and he will want to see 750mm in front of the wc for disabled access which every home must have on the 'entrance floor'.

May not apply to a hoilday chalet but it did to my holiday flat conversion.

 

[greemyamochop]

Whatevers comfortable, enough room to take a pee i guess

you guess wrong then.
their are regs covering activity space.

do the regs say "about 600mm" then?

 

[seco services]

regs state 750mm foreward 800mm width
but i would say this isn't being done through bc.

 

[muggles]

Whatevers comfortable, enough room to take a pee i guess

you guess wrong then.
their are regs covering activity space.

do the regs say "about 600mm" then?

I'd be surprised if anybody actually has a copy of the regs that they can check, it's a British Standard which means you have to pay some ludicrous sum to be allowed to see it

 

[muggles]

regs state 750mm foreward 800mm width
but i would say this isn't being done through bc.

why mention it pointing out incorrectly to me there was regulations covering these?

chill out mr

It's not incorrect, there are regulations covering activity space. The specific regulation is British Standard 6465-2

 

[mfarrow]

The British Standard is indeed BS 6465-2 (I have a copy to hand, so yes you can be surprised ).

These aren't regulations, but are guidance only:

[code:1]This Part of BS 6465 gives recommendations for the spaces to be provided for the location, installation, use and maintenance of sanitary appliances within dwellings, places of work or public amenities. These recommendations do not cover the needs of all disabled people and reference should be made to BS 5619 and BS 5810[/code:1]

6465-2 recommends that 800mm width and 600mm depth (forward of the toilet pan) should be allocated as activity space. The requirements vary for other sanitary appliances (i.e. sinks, basins and baths) and although are only guidelines I would imagine some BCOs would use them to reinforce their interpretation of the building regulations.

BS 5619 and BS 5810 make no explicit space requirement recommendations for disabled people, but 5810 does recommend bathroom size for wheelchairs, and placement of W/Cs therein (though not a lot you can do with an existing bathroom in that respect).

 

[Fred_Fanackapan]

Thank you mfarrow for this information.