Access For All

Access For All is a specialist ironmongery advisory service focused on selecting door furniture, hardware, access controls and related fittings that maximise usability for all building users. We help you navigate the many choices, handles, levers, pulls, closers, thresholds, etc. and avoid the common pitfalls and conflicting guidance that can arise. With our consultation, specifications align with inclusive design principles so that doorways and their hardware are usable by people of different ages, physical abilities, strength, reach, and coordination, while meeting regulatory requirements.

Our service benefits architects, builders, and project teams by providing clarity, consistency, and confidence in specifying ironmongery that not only looks good but performs well for everyone including children, older adults, people with limited dexterity or reduced strength, those using mobility aids, and so on. We help reduce later modifications or complaints, ensure compliance with relevant access legislation, and enhance the user experience across accommodation, commercial, education, healthcare, sport & leisure, restoration/heritage and other sectors.

Our Access For All Solutions

• Expert advice on selecting door furniture and hardware (handles, levers, pulls, knobs, flush fittings, thresholds, etc.) with usability in mind: reach, grip, actuation force, shape, size.

• Guidance on appropriate door closers and opening forces, ensuring doors are easy to open and close for people with reduced strength, as well as meeting fire & safety standards.

• Support with access control / door automation / door seals where needed, balancing security, accessibility, and durability.

• Help with on-site audits or assessments to identify where current door hardware is causing barriers; recommendations for remediation.

• Specification documentation: drawings, schedules, hardware lists that integrate inclusive requirements clearly into tender and construction documents.

• Compliance advice: ensuring that ironmongery design meets or exceeds relevant code / regulation in your jurisdiction (building regulations, accessibility legislation / standards).

• Visual contrast & material finish guidance so that handles, switches, etc. are clearly legible, easy to see/touch: important for people with vision impairments.

• Collaboration early in design phases, avoiding conflicting advice or late changes that increase cost or complicate approvals.

For more information on the Doorways Architectural Solutions range of architectural ironmongery and the services we can provide, please contact us using the button below.