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Foreword

Publishing information

This part of BS 6465 is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence from The British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 July 2017. It was prepared by Technical Committee B/209, General building codes. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Supersession

This part of BS 6465 supersedes BS 6465‑2:1996, which is withdrawn.

Information about this document

BS 6465‑2 is part of a suite of four British Standards relating to the design of sanitary installations. The other three British Standards in the suite are:

BS 6465‑1, Sanitary installations – Part 1: Code of practice for the design of sanitary facilities and scales of provision of sanitary and associated appliances;
BS 6465‑3, Sanitary installations – Part 3: Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of sanitary and associated appliances;and
BS 6465‑4, Sanitary installations – Part 4: Code of practice for the provision of public toilets.

Use of this document

As a code of practice, this part of BS 6465 takes the form of guidance and recommendations. It should not be quoted as if it were a specification and particular care should be taken to ensure that claims of compliance are not misleading.

Any user claiming compliance with this part of BS 6465 is expected to be able to justify any course of action that deviates from its recommendations.

Presentational conventions

The provisions of this standard are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Its recommendations are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliary verb is “should”.

Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented in smaller italic type, and does not constitute a normative element.

Where words have alternative spellings, the preferred spelling of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is used (e.g. “organization” rather than “organisation”).

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

1 Scope

This part of BS 6465 gives recommendations for the minimum space needed to install, use and maintain sanitary appliances in most types of building.

This British Standard gives recommendations for spaces for sanitary appliances, but, although it provides some examples of dimensions of rooms or cubicles, it does not generally give minimum dimensions of the rooms in which they are installed.

NOTE 1 This is in order to provide flexibility of design using the recommendations set out in this British Standard.

The recommendations in this British Standard do not cover the space needs for sanitary appliances used by all disabled people, which are covered in BS 83001and BS 9266.

These recommendations in this British Standard do not cover the space needs for specialist catering, medical, laboratory or cultural appliances or practices.

NOTE 2 Attention is drawn to the applicable building and water regulations.

NOTE 3 Annex A gives the minimum space needed for example room layouts and Annex B gives information on circulation space depth.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 General planning of sanitary appliance layouts

4.1 General

4.2 Access

4.3 Appliance space

4.4 Activity space

4.5 Circulation space

4.6 Services

4.7 Maintenance and cleaning space

5 Appliance, activity and circulation space sizes

5.1 Appliance space

5.2 Activity space

6 Planning sanitary appliance layouts for dwellings

6.1 Bathrooms and toilets

6.2 Kitchens and utility rooms

7 Planning sanitary appliance layouts for buildings other than dwellings

7.1 General

7.2 Toilets and basins

7.3 Washing facilities in workplaces

7.4 Toilets used by the public

7.5 Baby changing facilities

7.6 Kitchen areas

Bibliography

BS 6465-2:2017

Sanitary installations - Space recommendations. Code of practice

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2017