Building codes in Vancouver often set the tone for future changes to building codes across British Columbia and Canada. The latest change is to ban the use of round doorknobs on new structures in favor of lever handles to open and close doors in Vancouver. Building codes in Vancouver often set the tone for future changes to building codes across British Columbia and Canada. Examples reportedly include low flow toilets replacing standard flushing fixtures, and LED or fluorescent lights replacing incandescent bulbs. The latest change is to ban the use of round doorknobs on new structures in favor of lever handles to open and close doors in Vancouver. Allen Joslyn, the president of the Antique Door Knob Collectors of America is quoted as saying: "I can understand if you have a public building where everybody wants to have free access and that is a problem. But to say that when I build my private home and nobody is disabled that I have to put levers on, strikes me as overreach." Although the new amendments to the building code, which were approved in September and include the change from knobs to levers, won't take effect until next March, the original round Art Deco designed doorknobs at City Hall in Vancouver have already been replaced by levers. Proponents of the change say that levers are easier to use for disabled or arthritic citizens.

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1. Watchmojo?
2. Well, my house has doorknobs, so, will I have to change them out?