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Are you referring to a particular duplex in existence?
Strangely an apartment building is not classed as a dwelling under Part M. Part M is a guideline, however, and most apartments are designed with wc’s that are hybrids between the fully accessible bathroom under part 2a of the regs and the visitable wc under Part 2b and the bare minimum of the vistable loo in a house. You have to be able to demonstrate that a wheelchair user can access and use the wc, whilst not being burdened with the 1.5x2m fully accessible requirement. Basically you have to show that a 750x1200mm rectangle can fit in the bathroom without hitting any fittings.
The same theory applies to duplexes. A wc has to be at the entry level unless there is no habitable room on that level, whereupon it needs to be at the same level as the living room . A Habitable room is A room used for living or sleeping purposes but does not include a kitchen having a floor area less than 6.5 m2, a bathroom or toilet. So, in theory, you can have the wc at a level where there are only bedrooms. Typically a duplex would be less than 45sqm per floor, so you would be able to use the visitable wc in Part M (but that would be pushing you luck a touch)
steps can be used to access the building provided that there is another wheelchair accessible entrance which is intended for general use ie not via the service yard through a store room.
An interior designer is a person employed to impose taste upon the tasteless so that they can boast about having had an interior designer “do” their house. Mind you, they’re handy when you want to get on with the cladding package and keep a client at bay. Can I suggest that you go and buy a few interior magazines or get a catelogue from Habitat, Ikea or Siematic, find something you like and buy it. You’ll feel better.
strange how these Cork based threads always seem to end in bickering and acrimony. It reminds me of those old silent movies where a massive fight breaks out and the 2 people who started it crawl out the bottom and walk away unscathed – Frank and Owen maybe?
@J. Seerski wrote:
Please advise as to what a parade has to do with an architectural website. Thank you.
hear hear.
Will our tank be able to get under the Luas lines?
The whole system has brought this on itself.
Tax incentives breed planning applications being lashed out in seconds. The quantity puts severe strain on the planning department.
People will lodge an objection in the hope of getting a few quid (ok there are some genuinely concerned people out there but in general it’s nimbys and scroungers.)
If there’s enough objections lodged, the planners will pass the buck. ie they will say “sod this, if we pass the scheme a percentage of these objectors will appeal, then it’s off to ABP. Out of sight, out of mind, someone else’s problemo.
Money talks, bullshit gets planning.
jimg wrote:Building out-of-town stadia went out in the eighties. It’s a terrible idea as the pre/post match atmosphere is generally dire. Many people drive so cannot drink and just disappear after the game]There’s decent arguments on both sides for the “out of town” debate. There’s no doubt that having a stadium in the city itself is an ideal scenario – cardiff itself is a bit of a kip but the fact that the stadium is right slap bang in the centre makes up for it. The key with Cardiff, however, is that they went the whole hog – an absolutely cracking stadium with a huge capacity. Murrayfield is also a great ground and you can still walk to it from town. Twickenham is a pain in the arse to get too but the stadium makes up for it. I went to the World Cup semi-final in Sydney and that ground is amazing but it’s a 3 day camel ride to get there.
In Belfast they are talking about building a new 30,000 seater stadium as part of the regeneration of the Maze prison. I think that’s just too far away but the idea of using a stadium for regeneration isn’t a bad one per se – take the Telstra Dome in Melbourne. They have, however, undertaken to play at one Ireland international there which would be great news for the north.
I think the point I’m trying to make is that there are 2 choices and if it’s going to work it has to be all duck or no dinner. You either build a state of the art stadium with a minimum 65,000 capacity in town or outside town with decent transport links. A half-arsed redevelopment of Lansdowne will benefit neither the ardent rugby fan (who still won’t be able to get tickets) not the city itself. In its current form it’s a big silver elephant.
@dodger wrote:
One last point while we consider what grand buildings the British gave us. We can have no idea of what would have built by the Irish themselves in their places had we not been colonised and our native industries, trades destroyed. Who is to say we would not have built grander and better. Afterall pre colonisation we were doing alright and had made a contribution to international architecture.
Dodger, sometimes you just have to accept things for what they were and move on.
@Graham Hickey wrote:
Often wondered do people ever use cycle lanes to cycle in the ‘wrong’ direction, and have you found it to be safe?
Is there any rule against this?Do cyclists actually follow rules per se??? The next time I nearly get mowed down by a cyclist going through a red light or pedestrian crossing I’m simply going to push them over. Cyclists are so badly behaved that they do not deserve special treatment. Feck the cycle lanes, I’m buying a hummer.
@corcaighboy wrote:
Although I don’t know of any physical references to British rule, the name of the ‘Old English Market’ in Cork probably qualifies as a partial form of British symbolism.
I was told by a reliable Corkonian source that it was called the “English” market because the sellers spoke English. Up until then Irish was spoken. I’m sure someone will tell me if it’s arse.
@Thomond Park wrote:
It would certainly be helpful for the DDDA to state their intentions regarding the vessel. I am happy to give them the benefit of the doubt in the interim but if it were to be permanently moored at one point I would be of a similar opinion to yourself, this ship was intended as a piece of living (and travelling) history and not as a museum piece. If it has the specification for Trans -Atlantic travel then it should at least for part of the year be engaged in promoting this Island in one of the key tourist markets.
Perhaps they’ll put it in the dock inside the IFSC – part of the whole Stack A Thaang. There’s a similar thing in london near the Design Centre
@garethace wrote:
The thing is, pedestrians don’t define conditions, the pedestrians themselves, their whole state is defined by the conditions. You will probably not come across too many ‘pedestrians’ out there to talk to, to interview, to discuss progress on the project with – like say a house extension/modification brief. Indeed the Architects have been finding out, that certain pedestrians have a tendency to sue more than the house building type. But one thing is clear, attitudes have changed, and it is no longer good enough to provide pedestrians with the conditions more or less outlined, in the JPEG image I have attached below.
Brian O’ Hanlon.
Nice photo. But what’s the point exactly. It’s a photo of someone too lazy to walk to a pedestrian crossing (where the photo’s taken from) so they’d rather dice with death instead. You could pedestrianise the whole of Dublin and what would it acheive exactly? We still all have to get to work. Even if you ban the monster trucks and the everyday car, buses and taxis still need to run and I don’t remember either stopping at amber lights too often. People are inherently lazy, bore easily. The street traders never stopped me going down any of those roads – I was only too glad to get out of the general melee. Once you realise there’s nothing down there, however, you’re reluctant to return. You just think “I’ll somehow make it to Nassau Street then get the feck out of here”. You won’t draw people away from a pedestrian axis with a series of dead ends
You’re proposing a kind of mass anarchy. Traffic and people exist at the moment in a kind of stasis. there’s a mutual disrepect. For every truck or bus that parks on a pedestrian crossing, there’s an old lady stepping out 30 seconds after the amber man has come on. We tolerate these things and, for doing so, we’re given the odd reward. A nice road for the motorist, a Stephen’s green or a Merrion Square, or a Liffey walk for the pedestrian. We’re given the flip-side too, with the ever increasing tolls and the stephens green drunks.
I think we romanticise about the great walking cities of the worls. Paris, Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon,all have fabulous public places where people hang out and cock a snook at the car. you tend to forget, however, the sheer terror you’ve been through to reach them. Dublin has polite traffic by comparison. But without the weather…
Florence is one city that has made a success of it – if you disregard the lunacy of trying to cross from the Ufizzi to the Pontevachio. Dublin may have the chance one day to emulate the italians. We’ve got the arrogance, just not the style.
I THINK it refers to polyethylene cross-linked pipe (PEX).
There’s a list of companies with an Agrement cert at
@DublinLimerick wrote:
Most National Stadia in Europe and elsewhere integrate ball sports with track and field sports.
It offers increased usage of the facility. How many internationals of rugby//soccer will be staged at
Lansdown Road per year? A separate athletics atadium that can hold National/European/World/Grand Prix events
is just not financially viable. But it can add critical mass to a National Stadium.This thread is going around in a circle. I refer you to the very first reply you had – by Jimg – which summed up exactly why athletic tracks have no place in a stadium where rugby and soccer are played – regardless of how many times that takes place. The Stade de France is a cracking stadium but absolutely pants for rugby. I spent most of my time watching the game on the big screen. If you must run around in your P.E. kit, this thread has already given plenty of options.
@DublinLimerick wrote:
If we do not have provision for track and field at Lansdown Road, what hope do we ever have for such a national athletics facility in the future?
Athletics and real sport don’t mix. Unless you’re going to issue free binoculars to the spectators
@GregF wrote:
I just hope that it will be quite stylish and a proud addition to the city and country.
that would be a first for STW
Jeidi wrote:Hi everyone,I’m totally new here and tbh I dont even know if I’ve joined a relevant site! I’m sure you’ll all put me right 😮
At the moment I am having horrendous trouble with my architect. He is ignorant, rude and very very defensive if I ask any questions. He verbally abused me on the phone today, so much so that I had to cancel a meeting because I was so upset.
Can I do anything about this? Does anyone have any advice for me? I am at the stage where my second and final letter of planning is expected today (horray!) and I hope to start in two weeks time.
Also, can you tell me your experience on the marking out of a site….. Is this an extra or included in the original fees? Our house is 1970 square feet.. the site is 3/4 of an acre.I really appreciate your opinions,
Thanks,
Jeidi ]
no smoke without fire? More info required I think.
I assume you have a builder on the job? A builder marks out a site. Never ever do it for them
@GregF wrote:
I’d wish they’d ever get on with developing Lansdowne Road now. The GAA have done their bit. Thicky imbecile Bertie waffling on about his reservations about Lansdowne Road does’nt help. A multi purpose stadium catering for field sports, athletics, etc… could be built in Abbotstown then. But first things first, get on with developing Lansdowne Road!
Not over yet – the croker residents will object to floodlights – the footie can be played without them and the Rugby would need to kick off at lunchtime to avoid them.
@ceepee wrote:
Burge_eye, you dont’ seem to be registered for PM
sorry – have sent you a name and number
@JPD wrote:
Hey burge_eye,
I see your mate still hasn’t posted back which kind of proves my point
Hey JPD
Maybe in the 23 minutes between our posts he decided not to bother ever returning
by the way, PM stands for “Private Message” iePM’s don’t get posted.
Care to go 0 for 3?
