"Bert Coules" wrote in message
o.uk...
Steve Walker wrote:

I feel that in most cases, it would be better not to generally provide
level access, ramps and other disabled friendly items, but to give 100%
grants for specific changes needed in each home, as and when required -
even for houses where disabled people only visit occasionally - thus not
burdening people with unnecessary designs that they do not want, while
providing exactly what they need, if required.

A sensible approach. The level-access / ramp requirement is presumably a
result of the all too common attitude that "disabled" means "in a
wheelchair". This does seem to be changing now, with "Not all
disabilities are visible" signs beginning to appear in various places, but
as yet the change doesn't appear to have percolated through to the
building regs.


the requirement for the max gradient for ramps is very shallow and the
requirement for a landings every 2m and handrails makes them unnoticeable
and I think people are thinking about non-compliant ramps .......