BS 8409:2009 pdf free.Fully enclosed play facilities—Code of practice.
BS 8409 Doors should be provided with accessible height vision panels (see 5.1.7) and where appropriate with door closers with light action springs or powered opening devices. Doorways should not open into traffic areas or into areas of the play space where they could present a hazard.
NOTE 1 85 8300 recommends the maximum pressures for doors to be useable by disabled people and others, and the alternative systems where heavier springs are used. Measures should be taken to avoid finger and foot entrapment.
NOTE 2 For example, a special fitting is available to mask the hinged side of doors within the fully enclosed play facility.Handles should be chamfered or rounded.
The fully enclosed play facility should have ventilation designed in accordance with 85 5925 or PD CR 1752 as appropriate. Mechanical means of ventilation should be silent running for effective communication and to prevent sensitive users being distracted while at play.
NOTE 1 Further guidance on interior ventilation can be obtained in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ Guide A: Environmental design (31 and Guide B: Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration a 41.
The fully enclosed play facility should have adequate lighting in accordance with 85 8206-2. The lighting used should give good colour rendering of all surfaces, and avoid glare, or pools of light and shade inside the facility.
NOTE 2 Further guidance on lighting can be obtained in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ Code for lighting (51 and/or the Society of Lights and Lighting’s “The Lighting Code ”.
Storage space Suitable and sufficient storage should be provided for shoes and outdoor clothing, wheelchairs, buggies and pushchairs, etc. outside the playing area.Emergency doorways should be audio and visually alarmed and should lead to a safe area.
The choice of floor surface to and around emergency exits should be slip resistant to take into account that users may not have time to put on shoes and will therefore only have socks on their feet.BS 8409 pdf download.