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.
Push pull ada door clearance.
All required door clear floor spaces to have a maximum slope of 1 48 2 per cbc automatic power assisted doors without standby power comply with manual door clearances except if automatic doors remain open in the power off mode hospital patient rooms do not require latch side clearance hinge latch approach openings 36 wide without doors or gates are similar to front approach push side but 42 min deep one min of the active leafs of.
If a door has a closer but no latch or a latch and no closer no additional latch side clearance is required although providing the clearance is helpful in maneuvering through doors with closers without latches.
Ada standards specify that the continuous force required to push or pull open an interior door hinged sliding or folding cannot exceed 8 5 pounds.
Pull side push side.
There are some exceptions however.
Add 6 inches 150 mm if closer is provided.
No latch clearance 12 minimum is required for forward approaches on the push side of doors equipped with both a closer and a latch.
In a nutshell what this is saying is that the 18 minimum clearance required at the pull side of the door or the 12 on the push side of a door with a closer and a latch is not required if the door is recessed no more than 8.
Swinging door and gate surfaces within 10 inches 255 mm of the finish floor or ground measured vertically shall have a smooth surface on the push side extending the full width of the door or gate.
Add 6 inches 150 mm if closer and latch are provided.
On the parallel side beyond the latch is 24 inches should the door need to swing open wide.
Front approaches to pull side of swinging doors shall have maneuvering space that extends from the hinge side of the door to 18 inches 455 mm minimum 24 inches 610 mm preferred beyond the latch side of the door and 60 inches 1525 mm minimum perpendicular to the doorway.
Add 12 inches 305 mm if closer and latch are provide 2.
Hinge side approaches a side approach toward the hinge side of the door to the pull side of swinging doors shall have maneuvering space that extends 36 inches 915 mm minimum beyond the latch side of the door if 60 inches 1525 mm minimum is provided perpendicular to the doorway or maneuvering space that extends 42 inches 1065 mm minimum beyond the latch side of the door if 54 inches 1370 mm minimum is provided perpendicular to the doorway.
Approach direction door or gate side perpendicular to doorway parallel to doorway beyond latch side unless noted 1.
You can use the face of the wall as part of the maneuvering clearance.
Parts creating horizontal or vertical joints in these surfaces shall be within 1 16 inch 1 6 mm of the same plane as the other.
