Ada Bathroom Stall
These design requirements must be met for most public and commercial bathrooms.
Ada bathroom stall. The location of the door is in front of the clear space and diagonal to the water closet with a maximum stile width of 4 inches 100 mm. Faucets should use levers buttons or touch panels. Toilet stall doors including door hardware shall comply with 4 13. The americans with disabilities act ada of 1990 includes specific guidelines for the construction of accessible or ada compliant bathrooms.
Medical care and long term care facilities 223 1 805 4. The requirements of the actual toilet grab bars and toilet paper dispenser remain essentially the same. Ada toilet stall dimensions. In an ada compliant bathroom there are certain requirements within the 60 x 60 handicap stall that must be met.
In a public bathroom that has stalls at least one must be a standard ada stall. However the enclosure walls must meet certain dimensional requirements. Toilet partitions and the americans with disabilities act ada restroom partitions are classified as either a standard stall or an alternative stall. A toilet stall is basically an enclosed water closet.
Sinks should be at least 34 inch above the ground level. The minimum width of the stall is 60 inches 1525 mm. Figure 30 a standard stall. If there are 6 stalls or more a 35 37 wide ambulatory accessible stall is also required.
For commercial bathrooms with multiple toilet stalls and handicap the rules change a little. These mechanisms prevent the user from pinching gripping or twisting the wrist. More or less than that makes maneuvering difficult. Figure 30 a standard stall.
The centerline of the water closet is 18 inches 455 mm from the side wall. If toilet stall approach is from the latch side of the stall door clearance between the door side of the stall and any obstruction may be reduced to a minimum of 42 in 1065 mm. The knee clearance should be 11 25 inches. The user should be able of handle the faucets with a single hand.
A visual representation of these two can be found easily by reviewing figure 30 a for standard stalls and figure 30 b for alternative stalls. Toilet flush levers are also supposed to be installed on the open side of the stall so that the user doesn t have to reach over the toilet meihls adds. Handicap stalls in a larger bathroom there should be at least one 60 x 60 handicap stall. In a corner handicap stalls require a minimum of 60 x 60 compartment and is required with a minimum door size of 32 and the maximum size and more common is the 36 door.
Multiple toilet stall layouts. An example of a single ada bathroom layout.