Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Doors"

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:doors2.png|thumb|left|270px|Latrine with a curtain for privacy made of light cloth]]
  
|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:doors2.png|thumb|left|270px|]]
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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:doors1.png|thumb|left|200px|Outward-opening tin door on wooden frame. Raised platform edge acts as a door stop.]]
  
|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:doors3.png|thumb|left|170px|]]
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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:doors3.png|thumb|left|170px|Outward-opening wooden double doors with a latch on outside to keep closed]]
 
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
 
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
 
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* Easy to open and close
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* Outward-opening door does not obstruct internal space
 
* Outward-opening door does not obstruct internal space
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* Easier to close for some users
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===Acknowledgements===
 
===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies]  WaterAid.
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* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies]  WaterAid and WEDC.
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[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]]
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[[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]

Latest revision as of 01:27, 31 January 2015

Latrine with a curtain for privacy made of light cloth
Outward-opening tin door on wooden frame. Raised platform edge acts as a door stop.
Outward-opening wooden double doors with a latch on outside to keep closed
Suitable for: Users with mobility devices, a helper, or carrying a small child, or people who are overweight.


Construction Advantages Disadvantages Improvements / variations Cost / labour
Latrine with a curtain for privacy made of light cloth
  • Easy to open and close
  • Does not obstruct internal space
  • Useful temporary solution
  • Easily damaged
  • Very little provision for security or privacy
Non-door alternatives include spiral-shaped entrance for greater privacy Low
Outward-opening tin door on wooden frame. Raised platform edge acts as a door stop.
  • Outward-opening door does not obstruct internal space
  • Horizontal wooden struts can be grasped to close door
  • Pulling a door is harder than pushing it open
  • Requires a wide, level area in front of door for users to position themselves to open the door
Add horizontal handrail Medium
Outward-opening wooden double doors with a latch on outside to keep closed
  • Easier to close for some users
  • Each door is narrow so less obstructive to passers by
  • Higher cost than a single door
  • Some users find them difficult to use
  • Varnish/paint wood to reduce risk of termite damage
  • Move bolt to the inside
High


Acknowledgements

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