Ada Lavatory Clearance Requirements

The clear floor space shall extend up to 19 inches 485 mm maximum into the kneespace below the lavatory.

Ada lavatory clearance requirements.

State and local government facilities must follow the requirements of the 2010 standards including both the title ii regulations at. The lavatory must not be installed at heights greater than 34. An accessible lavatory at least one in each bathroom must extend at least 17 inches from the back wall and have a clearance of at least 29 inches from the bottom of the sink apron to the finished floor. Compliance date for title ii.

These regulations adopted revised enforceable accessibility standards called the 2010 ada standards for accessible design 2010 standards or standards. You also need a clear floor space and insulated pipes under the sink. The specifications allow space for plumbing enclosures and supports outside the minimum clearances. To meet ada guidelines sinks shouldn t be mounted higher than 34 inches from the floor and they should have a knee clearance of 27 inches high 30 inches wide and 11 to 25 inches deep.

Knee and toe space must be at least 30 wide and up to 25 deep measured to the leading edge of the clear floor space. No object can protrude into the required clearances other than the dip of the overflow at lavatories and sinks. Faucets should be lever operated push touch or electronically controlled. And the 2004 adaag at 36 cfr part 1191 appendices b and d.

In the few places where requirements between the two differ the requirements of 28 cfr 35 151 prevail.