A range of options is available that enable compliance with The Disability and Discrimination Act and Document M legislation including low threshold and anti-finger trap sections.
Building regulations on opening widths require that all doors in both domestic and commercial applications feature a minimum clear opening to enable persons of reduced mobility to manoeuvre through a building.
Below is a an extract from the Building Regulations Document M displaying the minimum effective clear widths of doors:
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