Ada Lavatory Clearance Requirements

The specifications allow space for plumbing enclosures and supports outside the minimum clearances.

Ada lavatory clearance requirements.

An accessible lavatory at least one in each bathroom must extend at least 17 inches from the back wall and have a clearance of at least 29 inches from the bottom of the sink apron to the finished floor. The clear floor space shall extend up to 19 inches 485 mm maximum into the kneespace below the lavatory. State and local government facilities must follow the requirements of the 2010 standards including both the title ii regulations at. These regulations adopted revised enforceable accessibility standards called the 2010 ada standards for accessible design 2010 standards or standards.

You also need a clear floor space and insulated pipes under the sink. And the 2004 adaag at 36 cfr part 1191 appendices b and d. The minimum depth of the lavatory is 17 inches 430 mm. Compliance date for title ii.

No object can protrude into the required clearances other than the dip of the overflow at lavatories and sinks. In the few places where requirements between the two differ the requirements of 28 cfr 35 151 prevail. A clear floor space at least 30 inches 760 mm wide and 48 inches 1220 mm long is required for a forward approach in front of the accessible lavatory. To meet ada guidelines sinks shouldn t be mounted higher than 34 inches from the floor and they should have a knee clearance of 27 inches high 30 inches wide and 11 to 25 inches deep.

The lavatory must not be installed at heights greater than 34.