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Accessible Plumbing Fixture Requirements Module 9 Module 9 1

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Accessible Plumbing Fixture Requirements

Module 9

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Objectives

Upon completion of this module, you will be better able to:

• Identify when bathrooms have to be accessible.

• Identify when family/assisted use bathrooms are required.

• List technical criteria for accessible toilet rooms

• List the criteria for sinks versus lavatories

• List criteria for drinking fountains

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Bathrooms

• Type A and Type B unit bathrooms are addressed in Module 7.

• All other bathrooms will be covered here:

– Public bathrooms

– Private bathrooms

– Accessible dwelling and sleeping units

– Child-size bathrooms

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Bathrooms

• Required fixtures per IPC.

• Designers choice for how required fixtures are separated:

– Multi-stall bathrooms

– Single occupant bathrooms

• All bathrooms must be accessible per Chapter 6 of ICC A117.1.

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Exceptions

• Accessed through a private office.

• Non-accessible dwelling or sleeping units.

• 50% of clustered single occupant bathrooms.

• When only one urinal is provided in a bathroom, that urinal is not required to be accessible.

• Critical care or Intensive care.

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Bathrooms

• One of each type of fixture provided in each bathroom:– Water closets

– Lavatories

– Urinals

– Bathtubs/showers

• When 6 or more water closets and/or urinals are provided in a room, an ambulatory stall is required.

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Sinks/Lavatories

• Lavatories are for bathing purposes.

• Sinks are typically a work sink.

• 5% constructed with front approach.

• When 6 or more lavatories are provided in a room, a lavatory with enhanced reach range faucet is required.

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Exceptions

• Non-accessible:

– Part of individual work stations

– Mop or service sinks

• Limited accessibility:

– Sinks for children’s use

– Kitchenettes permitted to have side approach

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Family Use/Assisted Use Accessible Toilet Rooms

• Mercantile or assembly facilities; and

• 6 or more required water closets;

• 1 unisex toilet room required;

• Not an exception for accessible fixtures in the men’s and women’s toilet rooms.

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Family Use/Assisted Use Accessible Toilet Rooms

• Family Use toilet room counts toward required fixture count.

• Designers choice to take from men’s or women’s fixture count.

• Room must include one water closet and one lavatory.

• Room may include one urinal.

• Room must include any amenities provided in men’s and women’s toilet rooms.

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Family Use /Assisted Use Accessible Bathing Rooms

• Recreational facilities where bathing rooms are provided.

• One family use bathing room is required.

• Exception:

– If only one shower is provided in men’s and women’s bathing room.

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Family Use/Assisted Use Accessible Bathing Rooms

• Room must include one water closet, one lavatory and one bathing fixture.

• Bathing fixture may be bathtub, transfer shower, roll-in shower or combination transfer/roll-in shower.

• Room must include any amenities provided in men’s and women’s bathing rooms.

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Purpose

• Person with mobility impairment may require assistance.

• Families with small children.

• Persons with temporary disabilities may require assistance.

• Customer friendly.

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Location

• Maximum of 500 feet and one story travel from the men’s and women’s rooms.

• In transportation facilities, travel shall not be through a security checkpoint.

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Additional Requirements

• Privacy locks

• Signage

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Clear Floor Space at Water Closet

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Side Transfer

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Single Occupant Toilet Rooms

• 60” turning space required in the room

• A door can swing over the space where someone sits to use the lavatory, toilet or urinal provided a 30” x 48” space is provided past the swing of the door

• A fixture cannot overlap the clear floor space of another fixture

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Examples

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Water Closet: Side View

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Children’s Water ClosetsSee the Adult/Child comparison chart below

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Advisory Specifications for Water Closets Serving Children Ages 3 -12

Age 3 & 4 Age 5-8 Age 9-12

Water closet centerline 12” 12”-15” 15”-18”

Toilet seat height 11”-12” 12”-15” 15”-17”

Grab bar height 18”-20” 20”-25” 25”-27”

Dispenser height 14” 14”-17” 17”-19”

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Multi-stall Toilet Rooms

• 60” turning space required in the room.

• A door cannot swing over the space where someone sits to use the lavatory or urinal.

• A fixture cannot overlap the clear floor space of another fixture.

• Stall size limits in Table 604.9.3.1.– The configurations do not change for minimum

size stalls, however the table allows for new options for larger stalls.

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Multi-stall Toilet Rooms

• The stall and door arrangement will not change for the minimum size stall, however, the table does address door location options for larger size stalls.

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Wheelchair Accessible Toilet Stall: Door Swings Out

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Multi-stall Toilet Rooms

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Wheelchair Accessible Toilet Stall: Door Swings In

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Ambulatory Accessible Stall

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Urinals

• Rim height

• Clear floor space

• Alcove

• Flush controls

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Lavatories & Sinks

• Height

• Clearance

• Clear floor space

• Pipe protection

• Controls

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Bathtubs or Shower

• Minimum dimensions for showers

• Clearances/approach

• Seats

• Grab bars

• Controls

• Shower unit

• Enclosures/doors

• Thresholds

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Bathtub Without Permanent Seat

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Bathtub With Permanent Seat

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Transfer Shower

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Roll-in Shower

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Drinking Fountains (Scoping)

• 50% of drinking fountains provided on each floor configured for persons using wheelchairs.

• 50% of drinking fountains provided on each floor configured for standing persons.

• Exception for drinking fountains sized for children

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Good or Bad?

• One water supply, but bowls will serve two persons.

• The dog fountain exceeds code.

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Drinking Fountains (Technical)

• Clear floor space/approach

• Protruding objects

• Operable parts

• Spout location

• Water flow

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Review

• Whenever a bathroom is provided, it has to be accessible.

• Family/assisted use bathrooms are required in large assembly and mercantile occupancies.

• Drinking fountains are required for persons using wheelchairs and standing persons.

• The technical provisions for plumbing fixtures is in Chapter 6 of the ICC A117.1.

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