Ada Automatic Door Closer Requirements

The 2010 americans with disabilities act ada standards for accessible design has several requirements that continue to surprise architects and specifiers.

Ada automatic door closer requirements.

The adaez door opener operates in both automatic and manual modes. Also state or local government codes may have specific accessibility requirements for exterior doors. The closing or swing speed must not be faster than five seconds. The adaez is an ada americans with disabilities act compliant low energy door operator which fully conforms to the ansi a156 19 code requirements.

Door swings away maneuvering clearance to push face of door with a closer and latch is 12 inches minimum. Knowing act activation pushbutton or push plate slow opening and closing speeds low operating force floor space requirements no guide rails required clear opening width 32 inches 815 mm minimum in power on and power o mode based on clear opening provided by all leafs in the open position. It must also be placed so that a person using the actuator will not be within the path of a swinging door. Clear width is 32 inches 815 mm minimum measured from the face of the door open 90 degrees to the face of the doorstop.

At hinged or pivoted doors or gates in series a separation is required that is at least 48 plus the width of doors or gates swinging into the space. Low energy swinging doors are governed by ansi 156 19 and ada and include these features and requirements. Doorways shall have a minimum clear opening of 32 in 815 mm with the door open 90 degrees measured between the face of the door and the opposite stop. It must be accessible from both sides of the door whether the door is open or closed.

This allows users to clear one door or gate before opening the next and applies to those doors or gates that are opposite each other where travel through both doors is required. Close the door behind the space required varies depending on the type of door and the direction of approach. When used manually the unit functions like an ordinary hydraulic door closer. Door swings toward maneuvering clearance at door to pull face of door is 18 inches minimum.

The closing or swing distance is from the open position at 90 degrees to 12 degrees from the latch. Ada compliant door closers shall be adjusted so that from an open position of 90 degrees the time required to move the door to a position of 12 degrees from the latch is 5 seconds minimum. Closing speed if a door is equipped with an automatic closing device. Opening and closing forces are fully adjustable.