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AH-HC - Accessible Housing

Accessible Housing provides professional builders, remodelers, and DIYers with a nuts-and-bolts guide to incorporating barrier-free concepts into the design, adaptation, or retrofitting of homes for the elderly and physically disabled.

Home modifications fall into three categories: universal design, adaptable/adjustable, and permanent. Information and first-hand interviews help readers realistically evaluate each client's specific needs so a practical plan of construction can be developed. In addition to barrier-free floor plans for bathrooms and kitchens, details on support devices, intercom and alarm systems, ramps, lifts, and counter heights, to name just a few related topics, are included.

Doorway and window dimensions, counter and bathtub heights, and other code-related measurements are discussed. I also explain how to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and how to meet or exceed barrier-free building codes for commercial multi-family housing units.

Along with practical construction advice, readers will find information on organizations and current publications in the field of barrier-free construction. This comprehensive book even takes readers into the yard for barrier-free garden construction and offers advice on creating an environmentally safe home.

Accessible Housing
author: Leon A. Frechette
publisher: McGraw-Hill
cover: Hardcover
published: 1996
pages: 386