Hello Everyone
Does anyone have any experience of this? By side entry, I mean the doors being on the long side only. This has been suggested in a small historic building with massive constraints. The side entry on the upper floor would open onto a lobby that would serve as a fire refuge. So you go into the lobby (approx. 1500 wide) and turn left into the lift. My question is that in order to meet the minimum AD M requirements, am I right in thinking that the lift would have to be 1500mm deep (from long side to long side) in order to enable a wheelchair user to manoeuvre round and into it? In this situation I think they can only achieve 1100mm - which seems a bit pointless to me. I'd be interested also if anyone has any experience of these as a wheelchair user. Thanks and best wishes
Jan
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