An imposing 1920s façade masks a warm and well-lit modern retreat, where visitors can watch the city unfold from the eighth-storey roof terrace, then swing back down into the urban action, a doorway's width away Why? Sweeping city views from the rooftop pool; great tapas and Catalan cuisine; city-centre setting moments from Las Ramblas.
All hotels featured on the site have at least one room with a level access shower, and there are photos showing the facilities and an impressive amount of practical information on everything from the width of doorways to toilet and bed heights to whether the room lights can be switched off from the bed.
Measure the width of your doorway and the thickness of your door.
It is not enough to ensure that the width of a doorway exceeds the width of a standard wheelchair; it is also important to find out about the preferences of wheelchair mobilizers before and after they enter a building.
As for parts, the National Weather Service, then busy upgrading its 150 radars (each about the height and width of a doorway), was happy to give Baron the old equipment if he agreed to haul it away.
"I didn't like the door trims or the granite on the sink; the kitchen lights weren't bright enough; I wanted the width of the doorway to the bedroom expanded a foot," he says.
If you are widening the doorway for wheelchair access, the width of the doorway should be a minimum of 40 inches (101.6 cm), but 4 feet (1.2 m) is better, if possible.
Measure the width of each doorway or other entrance to the room, as well as the distance each door extends into the room when open.
Measure the length and width of your window or doorway.
But the dimensions of the house at No 42, the height and width, combined with the two doorways, matched the details in the book.
