Most people seem now to be building ramps not steps, I guess it is probably
due to them all getting on in years and may end up in a wheelchair.
Brian

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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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I'd be grateful for any pointers to the relevant regs covering external
steps from back doors (one conventional, one patio) into a garden. I've
looked online but for some reason can't find exactly the information I'm
after.

The drop involved is 24" / 600mm and the steps will be going onto a garden
surface which currently is grassed but will eventually be paved, so
there's a possibility that whatever steps are built now will eventually
have to be replaced if they can't be removed, adapted and refitted.

There will be two separate sets of steps, the widest around 39" / 1m.
These steps are from a recently-built rear extension and the work can't be
signed off until they're done, so I need to know if (for example) side
handrails and bannister-type railings are necessary, and also any
standards regarding materials and strength.

Many thanks.