Ada ramp handrails when a handicap ramp has a rise greater than six inches or a horizontal projection greater than 72 inches the ramp must have handrails on both sides.
Ada exterior door landing.
Where a door opens over a landing the landing shall be at least as wide as the door and at least 5 feet long.
Landing requirements for all other exterior doors.
This guide explains scoping and technical requirements for accessible entrances doors and gates in the ada standards.
Minimum number at least 60 of public entrances must be accessible in new construction in addition to entrances directly serving tenancies parking facilities pedestrian tunnels and elevated walkways.
Any ramp system that is intended for public use must comply with the americans with disabilities act ada.
B interior hinged doors.
The maximum force for pushing or pulling open a door shall be as follows.
This allowance provides some design flexibility.
1 fire doors shall have the minimum opening force allowable by the appropriate administrative authority.
4 if a doorway is located at a landing then the area in front of the doorway shall comply with 4 13 6.
A level landing area is provided in front of the entry door so a person can pull the door open.
Step down on the interior and up to two steps down to the landing on the exterior regardless of which way the door swings it can only swing over one step.
For all non egress exterior doors the 2003 code update allows a 7 3 4 in.
4 13 11 door opening force.
Title 24 part 2 section 2 3303 i 1 and i 2 exception.
2 the landing length shall be a minimum of 60 in 1525 mm clear.
5 lbf 22 2n c sliding or folding doors.
A space 60 inches 1525 mm minimum by 60 inches 1525 mm minimum.
The area adjacent to the landing is graded flush with the landing so no drop off exists between the landing and the grass area eliminating the need for railings.
An accessible route with a clear width less than 60 inches 1525 mm shall provide passing spaces at intervals of 200 feet 61 m maximum passing spaces shall be either.
3 if ramps change direction at landings the minimum landing size shall be 60 in by 60 in 1525 mm by 1525 mm.
The photo upper right illustrates another way to modify an entrance to make it accessible.
Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet.
Or an intersection of two walking surfaces providing a t shaped space complying with 304 3 2 where the base and arms of the t shaped.