Everyone dreams of their own home, where they can feel cozy and lead an independent life.
For older and disabled people, there are too many barriers to comfort in a home.
Specific features are needed to create a sense of security without anyone worrying about their peace of mind and safety. That is why it is often necessary to adapt the home to the needs of those living in it.
Indoor design plays a key role in enabling people to carry out their daily tasks, whether they are in a wheelchair, blind or have other physical disabilities.
One of the most common problems is the transition between the interior space and the balcony, where a threshold often appears. The most commonly used method of leveling the surface is lowering the level of the slab in the project and dressing it with thermal insulation.
However, this solution is non-technological and difficult to implement. An effective way to solve it is Schöck Isokorb, an innovative thermal insulation system.
Schöck Isokorb completely eliminates the thermal bridge and shifts the condensation point out of the rooms , thus improving the microclimate in the home and preventing moisture and mould. It also lowers the energy consumption for heating and cooling the home, is easy to install and provides a seamlessly accessible environment.
Isokorb provides perfect insulation of bay windows in buildings and gives absolute freedom in facade and balcony design.
This provides a comfortable and accessible environment in an aesthetic way, improves energy efficiency and achieves universal functionality in buildings.
What other accessibility requirements must housing in new buildings meet?
The idea of an accessible environment becomes a social topic and accordingly finds a place already in the first steps of design. The regulatory framework in Bulgaria also imposes more and more requirements for this.
New housing should be easily adaptable, where necessary, to the different specific needs of people with permanent or temporary mobility difficulties.
⦁ The dwellings are required to have no thresholds or unevenness greater than 2cm, including on fitted windows.
⦁ With regard to balconies, it is stipulated that every apartment in a new building must have at least one balcony (loggia, terrace) with a minimum size of 150 x 150 cm.
⦁ Access in any new residential building must be provided by stairs and an elevator, and if the building is up to five floors, it is possible to install a vertical lifting platform instead of an elevator.
⦁ In view of the safe use of stairs by children in new multi-family residential buildings, the railings must not have horizontal elements, but only vertical ones, and the distance between these elements cannot be more than 9 cm.
We hope that more and more new housing in Bulgaria will provide anaccessible environment and comfort for all users. Read more from our helpful blog here.
