B5.04 Powder Room
B5.05 Bathroom Joinery
Section Summary
Section Summary
A separate, second WC must be provided for housing with 3 or more bedrooms and on the ground floor of any 2-storey housing so that there is a facility at each level.
Bathroom joinery must be water and mould resistant.
Bathroom Joinery Considerations Checklist:
Powder Room Considerations Checklist:
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The separate WC compartment must include a small handwashing basin. No other joinery is required. Toilet pans should be located next to corners within a room for the future installation of grab rails. Refer to LHA Guidelines. Powder Room widths are to be no less than 900mm with a minimum of 1,200mm clear circulation forward of the toilet pan into which the door swing cannot intrude.
Bench tops to be water resistant finish ie reconstituted stone or equal approved. Allow for exposed surfaces of the vanity unit to be finished in decorative laminate or other suitable water-resistant material in keeping with the material palette. All carcasses to be constructed from water resistant board faced with white melamine
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Provide a single shelf to all vanity units.
Provide chrome plated or white cover plates where plumbing pipework and gas pipework passes through the carcass. Provide drawers directly below the bench and cupboard below drawers.
SDA WC Considerations Checklist:
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Refer to NDIS SDA Design Standard
Draw runners and hinges to be Blum or Hafele
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Provide a shaving cabinet with mirror facing the cabinet. Mirrors are to be a minimum of 6mm thick with no beveled edges. The base of the mirrored door must be a "shark nose" finish and must have adequate overlap to be used as an integrated handle for the mirrored doors. Door hinges to be Blum or Hafele unless cabinet is a proprietary item. Allow for exposed surfaces of shaving cabinets to be finished in decorative laminate or other suitable water-resistant material in keeping with the material palette.
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SDA Bathroom Joinery Considerations Checklist:
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Refer to NDIS SDA Design Standard.
An additional 1200mm high (min.) storage cabinet provided in the bathroom, with a maximum depth of 450mm, adjacent to the basin for storage of personal care items. Bathroom joinery design needs to ensure joinery can be cost-e ectively modified in the future to meet the needs of residents with a disability.
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