CaseyShane

Welcome to my Page When building a "Safe" house it is important to remember kitchen guidelines. Some of these kitchen guidelines are Traffic, Storage, Safety, And Access for disable people. The following paragraphs will inform you on why these different things are important while building an up to code kitchen and or bathroom.

Traffic-It is important in a kitchen to have good traffic flow. You wouldn't want to be cooking on a hot stove and bump into someone and burn them, or yourself. You want a good traffic flow so things move smoothly and the cooking is done faster, and or better. You also want your counters to be out of the way, so you draw a work triangle or mentally make a note of where you would be walking with hot or messy substances. You also wouldn't want to be getting something rotten or something out of date, out of the refrigerator and going 10 feet to get to your trash to throw that gross stuff away. So you make sure that your refrigerator is right next to or right across from the refrigerator, same goes to sinks and and the stove.

Storage-You have to make sure that you have enough room to put cups, plates, and other things away so that they are clean and remain out of the way when you are cooking. You also wouldn't want your cupboards so close to your bar that you bump your head when you are cooking. You want to have plenty of storage so that you can put things away, and this is one of the first things you would want to consider when building a house.

Safety-If anything this should be the first thing you consider when building a house. You don't want to be cooking in an unsafe kitchen, or you'll burn your house down.

Access for Disability- When you're building a house it is important to think of if disabled people will be visiting your house anytime soon. You might want to put in a ramp or two, make sure your entrance is big enough to fit a disabled person through, and make sure that a disabled person can reach the dials on the microwave, or reach the cabinets and bar.



Traffic- When you are in a bathroom traffic is important because you would want to be able to move around your bathroom if you had just got out of the shower, you would want to be able to reach a towel, or be able to get up from the toilet if you had just got done when you are older without falling. You would want your ceiling to be about 80 inches tall so you can move things around inside of your bathroom without bumping it off lights, or other things attached to the ceiling. Some of the bathroom standards that are important in this section are

Storage- In a bathroom it is important to have good storage so you can put your towels, and other hygiene products away safely. You should have enough storage to be able to store everything in your bathroom and then have some more space for new additions to your bathroom. Some of the bathroom standards that are important in this section are

Safety- You want to be able to reach things when there is an emergency. That's why the wall cabinets need to be a certain amount of inches from the ground or base cabinets. You also should have ground faults next to your sinks so that you can reset the outlets just in case water gets on your sink or something along the lines of that. You should be able to see when inside of your bathroom, that is what the red rectangles are for (Lights) in the picture.

Access for disability- It is important to have a big enough door clearance so that a disabled person can get through. It is also important that you have bars on the wall next to the toilet, and in the shower. You should also have a seat inside of the shower so that a handicap person can sit down. You should also be able to turn around if you are in a wheel chair, that is what the green circle in the picture represents.