Sanitary facilities, water and drainage
All sanitary facilities would be expected to be
provided within the accommodation and in calculating the number of facilities
required, all persons living in the premises, including residents, staff and
owners, should be taken into account.
4.6.11 There would be expected to be:
- one WC for a maximum of 5 persons
- one bath or shower for a maximum of 5
persons.
4.6.12 Sanitary facilities would be
expected to be located in such a way that occupiers who are expected to have
use of them are not required to pass through a bedroom other than their own in
order to reach them.
4.6.13 No communal WC, bath or shower
would be expected to be located more than one floor distant from the bedroom of
the occupants who are to make use of the facility.
4.6.14 Any WC and wash hand basin would be
expected to be separated at least by a door from any room or space used wholly
or partly for the preparation or consumption of food. Where they are separated
only by a door, the WC would be expected to be suitably ventilated.
4.6.15 Access doors to sanitary and
bathing facilities would be expected to be fitted with a suitable locking
mechanism to ensure privacy. Obscure glazing would be expected to be provided
where relevant to ensure privacy.
4.6.16 Every WC would be expected to have a
wash hand basin within the toilet itself or within an adjacent space providing
the sole means of access to the toilet.
4.6.17 Every wash hand basin, bath and
shower would be expected to be provided with an adequate piped supply of hot
and cold water.
4.6.18 The building would be expected to
be provided with a safe and hygienic drainage system which complies with the
relevant British or European Standards.
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