What is the smalllest size door you can have in a home, by law?
February 10th, 2009 | by door |
mttowen asked:
I live in Texas and I was looking at a site built home and everything looks great, except the second bath. It is very small. Just barely enough room for a sink with not much of a counter, toilet and tub. I can’t believe the size of the door going into the bathroom. It looks like a joke. The width must be something like 24″ or 28″. I didn’t have a tape measure. What is the smallest size door access you can have in a home, by law? This just doesn’t seem right - it ruins the look of the rest of the home. This doorway seems narrow, like the size for the air conditioning unit. Any thoughts?
SUNG
I live in Texas and I was looking at a site built home and everything looks great, except the second bath. It is very small. Just barely enough room for a sink with not much of a counter, toilet and tub. I can’t believe the size of the door going into the bathroom. It looks like a joke. The width must be something like 24″ or 28″. I didn’t have a tape measure. What is the smallest size door access you can have in a home, by law? This just doesn’t seem right - it ruins the look of the rest of the home. This doorway seems narrow, like the size for the air conditioning unit. Any thoughts?
SUNG
4 Responses to “What is the smalllest size door you can have in a home, by law?”
By emgeealex on Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
Bathrooms can have a minimum 24″ doorway.
By FRANKFUSS on Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
Unless the house has been deemed to comply with handicapped accessibility, a door can be no less than 24″. But this is only acceptable for bathrooms, closets, and utility rooms.
In handicapped accessibility houses, no door can be less than 42″. Well, in most states.
By gotmyintelligencefromabrewery on Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
Well, if you don’t fit in, you don’t fit in. Don’t buy the home. There is no regulation regarding door size. Why should there be? There are people that are over 7 feet tall and people that are 600lbs. The doors for these people are custom order. Average door height is 5′10 in US but in Scandanavian countries where people are mostly over 6 and a half feet in size, they would always be stooping. Don’t you think they would be building the houses different?
The second bath may have been designed for a child’s use.
By Turnhog on Feb 13, 2009 | Reply
There is no code for door sizes in residential homes. Most bathroom doors are at least 24″ wide on up to 36″. Handicap codes require a minimal 32″ door but few residential structures comply with ADA laws and they’re not required to like businesses. I typically install 28″ bathroom doors if there is enough room. A standard bathroom is 60″ wide and the vanity and structural members make it difficult to make door openings larger. To have large doors requires increased dimensions which translates into larger square footage of living space which means more expense passed on to the customers. At $100 up per square foot, most people will settle for the smaller door widths. By the way, a standard door is 6′ 8″ tall.