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Information for disabled people.
Please feel free to telephone with any queries you may have. We want to ensure that Shorefield house is entirely suitable for your individual needs, that you will be comfortable here and able to enjoy your holiday to the full.
We have designed the house for Accessibility Standard Category 1 (i.e. suitable for a wheelchair user travelling alone) and this grading has been awarded by the Scottish Tourist board.
- There are no steps to any guest area of the building.
- You can park within 3 metres of the front door.
- For 120 cm of the three metres there is a ramp of 1:15 with a handrail.
- The surface of the car park is asphalt and the ramp is concrete.
- The width of the ramp is 145cms.
Width of doors:
- The front door is 80cms. Clear.
- Internal doors are 75cms. Clear.
- The front door has a ‘lip’ of 12mm (half an inch).
- All door handles, light switches, and shower controls are set at a maximum height of 120cms
- The principal windows can be opened and closed from a seated position.
- The shelf for the pay-phone has an underspace of 65cms from floor level.
Bedrooms:
- For wheelchair users, the bedroom can be a twin or double as required.
- Beds are 2ft.6ins.
- The bedroom has a clear turning circle of two metres.
- The built in wardrobe has a hanging rail of adjustable height: it can be set as low as 120cms.
- The height of the bed is 55cms.
Bathroom:
- The en-suite bathroom has a clear turning circle of 135 cms.
- There is a space 90cms wide beside the toilet and one meter beside the shower seat for lateral transfer.
The Shower:
- The shower in the corner of the bathroom is step free,
- You have two choices.
- The shower has a sturdy lift-up seat (maximum weight is 20 stones) fixed to the wall. It is larger than most seats of this type and measures 46cms wide x 33cms left to right. On the right hand wall a horizontal grab rail is set at a height of 25cms above the seat and 30cms from the centre of the seat.
- There is a self-propelled wheel-in shower/toilet chair (max weight 20 stones). The chair has adjustable and detachable arm-rests and foot-places. The padded seat is horse shoe shaped.
The washbasin:
- The wash hand basin is wall mounted, (i.e without a pedestal).
- It has an under space of 70cms. Clear.
- All taps are lever taps.
The WC:
- Lateral transfer is from right to left.
- On the left hand wall a horizontal grab rail is set at a height of 22cms above the seat and 34cms from the centre of the WC.
- The front of the WC pan is 73cms from the wall behind it.
- The rim of the seat is 46cms from the floor.
- To the right of the WC (i.e. on the right side when sitting there) a folding support arm is fixed to the wall 14cms from the right side of the WC. This support arm can either be in a horizontal position or can be folded up against the wall, so as not to get in the way of a wheelchair user.
If you would like to enjoy a free trip, Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ferries give, to those who have a free road fund license, a generous 50% of their charge for the car, or 10% for orange badge holders.
On the larger ferries they are very helpful and , on request, can arrange for your car to board first or last, so that you can be close to the lift from the car deck to the other decks.
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