Ada Restroom Door Swing

They cannot swing into the clearance required at plumbing fixtures except in single user toilet rooms where clear floor space 30 minimum by 48 minimum is provided in the room beyond the arc of the door swing 603 2 3 ex.

Ada restroom door swing.

Non compliant bathrooms will sometimes have the door installed improperly so that it swings into the bathroom instead of outward meihls says. Door closers often require more than 5 pounds of force to open and the last thing. 30 inch by 48 inch access to the sink the door can t swing into this rectangle. 4 13 8 thresholds at doorways.

Current guidelines for bathrooms published in 2010 allow the bathroom door to swing inward as long as there. In addition doors can swing into fixture clearances at single occupant toilet rooms accessed only through a. Clear floor space at controls for automatic and power assisted doors and gates 404 3 5 fixture clearances in toilet and bathing facilities except those that are single user where wheelchair space beyond the door swing is provided 603 2 3. Doors cannot swing into required clear floor or ground spaces in these specific instances.

Thresholds at doorways shall not exceed 3 4 in 19 mm in height for exterior sliding doors or 1 2 in 13 mm for other types of doors. When you do that you take away the turning clearance so a person in a wheelchair can t shut the door.