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6.17 Hotel and motel bedrooms

Contents

• Design criteria
• Bedroom for wheelchair user

Reference should also be made to Fact Sheet 6.1 External Access Routes for Buildings, 6.3 Steps and stairs, 6.5 Doors and entrances and 6.9 Toilets.

Design criteria

At least one guest bedroom out of every 20, or part thereof, should be accessible and suitable for a wheelchair user in terms of size, layout and facilities.

• The entrance door and other doors should have a minimum clear opening width of 825mm and a minimum of 300mm clear space at the leading edge
  
• Doors to all other bedrooms should have a minimum clear opening width of 750mm
  
• The routes between the bedroom and the hotel entrance, reception and other public areas should all be fully accessible
  
• En-suite facilities should include a wheelchair-accessible shower and shower chair (see 6.10 Changing facilities)
  
• If the design of the accommodation is for all bedrooms without en-suite sanitary facilities, then unisex facilities should be provided near accessible bedrooms
  
• WC and basin to be arranged and equipped with grab rails etc. as in 6.9 Toilets.
  

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