Accessible Bathroom Door Width

Lower the curb on the shower for easy wheelchair access.

Accessible bathroom door width.

The width of a doorway inside a building that you frequently visit is a measurement that is hardly ever brought up or talked about. When remodeling a bathroom to make it wheelchair accessible. They can also serve as a general guide for safe user friendly accessible design when ada compliance is not required. Position the toilet with enough room around it for wheelchair access.

The space can provide forward or parallel access to the bathroom equipment and part of the area can underneath the equipment as long as there is enough clearance for the knees and toes of the person in the wheelchair. Make the bathroom doorway 36 wide. Conversely if the bathroom requires a door of at least 36 inches if in the hallway. These design requirements must be met for most public and commercial bathrooms.

To meet the ada accessibility standard doors must have a clear width of 32 inches from the face of the door to the opposite stop. Clear width door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches minimum and a maximum of 48 inches clear openings of doorways with swinging doors shall be measured between the face of the door and the stop with the door open 90 degrees openings more than 24 inches deep shall provide a clear opening of 36 inches minimum. The required minimum floor space for a handicapped accessible bathroom is 30 inches by 48 inches. Position the door so it opens into a room rather than a narrow hallway.