Has anyone had doors widened to accommodate a wheelchair? If so, is an838mm door satisfactory? Not enough room for a 926mm

[Annietutt]

Door widening

[Hellebelle]

Hi, when building the annexe for my dad, who was having to use a wheelchair, we used the dimension recommendations from the disabled living foundation website. It worked really well.

Helen x

[Annietutt in reply to Hellebelle]

Thank you. I will have a look. Our OT says it should be OK unless we need a huge powered wheelchair but I am a little worried and wondered how other people manage.

[Ollytree]

Yes we had our doorways widened last year when we moved into a bungalow. If you look on Howdens website they supply wider doors for wheelchair access as probably do other places

[Annietutt in reply to Ollytree]

Thank you. I will take a look.

[Derkie54]

Hello Annie,

We moved to a bungalow last year and my wife suddenly stopped walking so we use a wheelchair inside to go between the rooms.

Not widened any doors for our wheelchair (not self propelled) and it works ok.

If you need anymore info let me know.

[Annietutt in reply to Derkie54]

Hi Derkie,That is good to know as I have been worrying about it. Thank you for replying.

[Diane831]

The doorway widened by our local social services is 837 and we managed not to scratch the doorframe much, except if I was rushing and thinking about something else whilst pushing the wheelchair through the door!Diane

[Annietutt]

Thank you Diane, That has eased my mind a lot. 😀