Ada Compliant Aluminum Sliding Glass Doors

Windoor sliding glass doors offer one of the largest certified panels.

Ada compliant aluminum sliding glass doors.

This technology offers a huge advantage in terms of ada americans with disabilities act compliance. Unlike a traditional door that swings outward sliding doors move along the wall revealing the total width of the doorway without any worry that it will prevent access. Sliding door threshold requirement is based on ansi a117 1 referencing type a accessible units. Considerations for compliance include clearance thresholds door opening force hardware and maneuvering space.

Our doors have less than 3lbs of push pressure which is well under the 5lb max for ada compliance. Our 8100 series sliding glass doors are impact and non impact panels that ride on one or more tracks. Our swing doors create a thermally enhanced entrance to any business. Milgard has over 50 years of experience manufacturing windows and doors.

Clear width is 32 inches 815 mm minimum measured from the end of the door to the face of the doorstop. Considerations for exterior doors. Commercial terrace doors are often used in hotels restaurants and clothing boutiques. Designed to meet 3 4 door threshold requirements for sliding doors as referenced in ansi a117 1 cannot be used with optional raised threshold.

Ada thresholds are only optional on milgard s inswing and outswing hinged patio doors not on milgard sliding doors. Our frameless glass doors offer doorways with no lower track. We offer custom panel configurations including pocketing panels and non pocketing panels as well as corner doors. Sliding doors are a unique solution to ensuring that doors are ada compliant.

All aluminum storefront doors must have a 10 inch bottom rail. Sliding doors are exempt from this rule as are tempered glass doors without stiles whose bottom rail is tapered to 60 degrees. According to richard rinka technical manager of standards and industry affairs for the american architectural manufacturers association in schaumburg ill sliding glass doors need to have a width of 6 6 and height of 78 to meet the minimum requirements. As mentioned by americans with disabilities act ada and federal fair housing act ffha.

They roll smoothly by themselves or with additional panel layouts. Commercial systems can be ada compliant and equipped with standard push pull hardware and locking mechanisms. Panic hardware is also available upon request. Openings more than 24 in 610 mm in depth shall comply with 4 2 1 and 4 3 3.

Looking at our products unlike hinged doors sliding doors do not require any extra space for the door to open. Shows the same dimension as 24 a with a hinged door. Verify the tracks are clean and free from dirt and debris. Our ada compliant accessories make it easy for everyone to enter and leave a space whenever needed.