Door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches 815 mm minimum.
Maximum size of ada door handle obstruction.
Avoid conflicts with door handles or panic bars by careful planning of the vision lite location.
Ada guidelines on positioning of vision lites in doors note.
Effort to operate doors 8 5 pounds at exterior doors and 5 pounds at interior doors door hardware height 30 44 above floor.
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The edge must be beveled 1 2 maximum above a height of 1 4.
Clear width is 32 inches 815 mm minimum measured from the one side wall to the face of the opposite side wall.
Thresholds 404 2 5 the height of thresholds is limited to 1 2 in new construction.
Obstructions at side reaches are limited to a height of 34.
The maximum high reach is reduced to 46 when the reach over an obstruction is deeper than 10 to a maximum of 24.
T concepts solutions has researched and compiled the requirements for door handle ada compliance.
Door hardware ada compliant locks exit devices handles pulls latches and other operable parts on doors shall comply operable parts of such hardware shall be 34 inches minimum and 48 inches maximum above the finish floor or ground.
The maximum depth of the opening shown is 24 inches 810 mm.
That said the hardware and direction handles latches and which way the door opens can get a bit confusing.
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Door hardware operable with a single effort without requiring ability to grasp hardware.
Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal opera tion are permitted at any height.
ΓΌ the selected door handle pull if locking can lock into header ceiling or floor with a staggered design.
Section 404 of the ada states.
In general the requirements are a minimum of 32 in width and a maximum of 48 and the door must open to 90 degrees.
Doors not requiring full user passage such as shallow closets may have the clear opening reduced to 20 in 510 mm minimum.
Nona peterson created date.
Size min 3 0 wide 32 clear when 90 open and 6 8 in height.