Accessible - Entrances
Entrances must be: a) wide enough (wheelchair width + 20cm), and b) level enough (minimal or no difference between outside and inside). |
Construction |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
Improvements / variations |
Cost / labour |
Wide and level entrance to allow wheelchair access. Rammed earth floor | Can be easily accessed by everyone, including wheelchair users | No door, so low privacy and security | Add a door | Low to medium |
Latrine with level concrete entrance, wide enough for a wheelchair user | The floor of the latrine is the same level as the outside | Level flooring could be achieved with any type of materials, not only concrete | Medium to high | |
Level concrete threshold with raised cement mound to reduce flooding. Mound is rounded for wheelchair access. | Reduces water inflow without preventing wheelchair access | Won’t stop serious flooding! | Medium |
Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid.