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Accessible Plumbing Fixture Requirements
Module 9
Module 9 1
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”
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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