Ada Door Clearance Diagram

On the parallel side beyond the latch is 24 inches should the door need to swing open.

Ada door clearance diagram.

If you approach a door from the latch side and will need to pull the door open the minimum clearance on the opening side perpendicular to the doorway is 48 inches to allow for the door to open leaving room for a disabled individual to move. Maneuvering clearances at doors. Depending on the direction of approach diagrams a through f illustrate minimum maneuvering space depths and latch side clearances for both push and pull sides of swinging sliding and folding. The ada home page provides access to americans with disabilities act ada regulations for businesses and state and local governments technical assistance materials ada standards for accessible design links to federal agencies with ada responsibilities and information updates on new ada requirements streaming video information about department of justice ada settlement agreements.

All doors in alcoves shall comply with the clearances for front approaches. Door closers and gate closers shall be adjusted so that from an open position of 90 degrees the time required to move the door to a position of 12 degrees from the latch is 5 seconds minimum. Doors maneuvering space figure 11b 404 2 4 2 maneuvering clearances at doorways without doors sliding doors gates and folding doors table 11b 404 2 4 2. However door maneuvering clearances can be offset up to 8 from the face of the door or gate to accommodate wall thickness casework shelves or other elements.

Door and gate closing speed shall comply with 404 2 8. No door maneuvering clearances must be free of any overlapping objects even those providing knee and toe clearance which can interfere with maneuvering at doors and doorways.