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404.2 Manual Doors
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Doorways shall have a clear opening width of 32 inches (815 mm) minimum. Clear opening width of doorways with swinging doors shall be measured between the face of door and stop, with the door open 90 degrees. Openings more than 24 inches (610 mm) in depth at doors and doorways without doors shall provide a clear opening width of 36 inches (915 mm) minimum. There shall be no projections into the clear opening width lower than 34 inches (865 mm) above the floor. Projections into the clear opening width between 34 inches (865 mm) and 80 inches (2030 mm) above the floor shall not exceed 4 inches (100 mm). 
Exceptions:
- Door closers and door stops shall be permitted to be 78 inches (1980 mm) minimum above the floor.
- In alterations, a projection of 5/8 inch (16 mm) maximum into the required clear opening width shall be permitted for the latch side stop.
FIGURE 404.2.2
CLEAR WIDTH OF DOORWAYS
Minimum maneuvering clearances at doors shall comply with Section 404.2.3 and shall include the full clear opening width of the doorway. Required door maneuvering clearances shall not include knee and toe clearance.
Floor surface within the maneuvering clearances shall have a slope not steeper than 1:48 and shall comply with Section 302.
Swinging doors shall have maneuvering clearances complying with Table 404.2.3.2.
TABLE 404.2.3.2
MANEUVERING CLEARANCES AT MANUAL SWINGING DOORS
| TYPE OF USE | MANEUVERING CLEARANCES AT MANUAL SWINGING DOORS | ||
| Approach Direction | Door Side | Perpendicular to Doorway | Parallel to Doorway (beyond latch unless noted) |
| From front | Pull | 60 inches (1525 mm) | 18 inches (455 mm) |
| From front | Push | 48 inches (1220 mm) | 0 inches (0 mm)3 |
| From hinge side | Pull | 60 inches (1525 mm) | 36 inches (915 mm) |
| From hinge side | Pull | 54 inches (1370 mm) | 42 inches (1065 mm) |
| From hinge side | Push | 42 inches (1065 mm)1 | 22 inches (560 mm)3 & 4 |
| From latch side | Pull | 48 inches (1220 mm)2 | 24 inches (610 mm) |
| From latch side | Push | 42 inches (1065 mm)2 | 24 inches (610 mm) |
| 1. Add 6 inches (150 mm) if closer and latch provided. |
| 2. Add 6 inches (150 mm) if closer provided. |
| 3. Add 12 inches (305 mm) beyond latch if closer and latch provided. |
| 4. Beyond hinge side. |
FIGURE 404.2.3.2
MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT MANUAL SWINGING DOORS
Sliding doors and folding doors shall have maneuvering clearances complying with Table 404.2.3.3.
TABLE 404.2.3.3
MANEUVERING CLEARANCES AT SLIDING AND FOLDING
DOORS
| APPROACH DIRECTION | MINIMUM MANEUVERING CLEARANCES | |
| Perpendicular to Doorway | Parallel to Doorway (beyond stop or latch side unless noted) | |
| From front | 48 inches (1220 mm) | 0 inches (0 mm) |
| From nonlatch side | 42 inches (1065 mm) | 22 inches (560 mm)1 |
| From latch side | 42 inches (1065 mm) | 24 inches (610 mm) |
| 1. Beyond pocket or hinge side. |
FIGURE 404.2.3.3
MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT SLIDING AND FOLDING DOORS
Doorways without doors that are less than 36 inches (915 mm) in width shall have maneuvering clearances complying with Table 404.2.3.4
TABLE 404.2.3.4
MANEUVERING CLEARANCES FOR
DOORWAYS WITHOUT DOORS
| APPROACH DIRECTION | MINIMUM MANEUVERING CLEARANCES (Perpendicular to Doorway) |
| From front | 48 inches (1220 mm) |
| From side | (1065 mm) |
FIGURE 404.2.3.4
MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT DOORWAYS WITHOUT DOORS
Where any obstruction within 18 inches (455 mm) of the latch side of a doorway projects more than 8 inches (205 mm) beyond the face of the door, measured perpendicular to the face of the door, maneuvering clearances for a forward approach shall be provided. 
FIGURE 404.2.3.5
MANEUVERING CLEARANCE AT RECESSED DOORS
If provided, thresholds at doorways shall be 1/2 inch (13 mm) maximum in height. Raised thresholds and changes in level at doorways shall comply with Sections 302 and 303.
Exception: An existing or altered threshold shall be permitted to be 3/4 inch (19 mm) maximum in height provided that the threshold has a beveled edge on each side with a maximum slope of 1:2 for the height exceeding 1/4 inch (6.4 mm).
Distance between two hinged or pivoted doors in series shall be 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum plus the width of any door swinging into the space. The space between the doors shall provide a turning space complying with Section 304. 
FIGURE 404.2.5
TWO DOORS IN A SERIES
Handles, pulls, latches, locks, and other operable parts on accessible doors shall have a shape that is easy to grasp with one hand and does not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist to operate. Operable parts of such hardware shall be 34 inches (865 mm) minimum and 48 inches (1220 mm) maximum above the floor. Where sliding doors are in the fully open position, operating hardware shall be exposed and usable from both sides.
Exception: Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal operation shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.6.
Door closers shall be adjusted so that from an open position of 90 degrees, the time required to move the door to an open position of 12 degrees shall be 5 seconds minimum.
Door spring hinges shall be adjusted so that from an open position of 70 degrees, the door shall move to the closed position in 1.5 seconds minimum.
Fire doors shall have the minimum opening force allowable by the appropriate administrative authority. The force for pushing or pulling open doors other than fire doors shall be as follows:
- Interior hinged door: 5.0 pounds (22.2 N) maximum.
- Sliding or folding door: 5.0 pounds (22.2 N) maximum.
These forces do not apply to the force required to retract latch bolts or disengage other devices that hold the door in a closed position.
Door surfaces within 10 inches (255 mm) of the floor, measured vertically, shall be a smooth surface on the push side extending the full width of the door. Parts creating horizontal or vertical joints in such surface shall be within 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) of the same plane as the other. Cavities created by added kick plates shall be capped.
Exceptions:
- Sliding doors shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.9.
- Tempered glass doors without stiles and having a bottom rail or shoe with the top leading edge tapered at no less than 60 degrees from the horizontal shall not be required to comply with the 10-inch (255 mm) bottom rail height requirement.
- Doors that do not extend to within 10 inches (255 mm) of the floor shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.9.
Doors and sidelites adjacent to doors containing one or more glazing panels that permit viewing through the panels shall have the bottom of at least one panel on either the door or an adjacent sidelite 43 inches (1090 mm) maximum above the floor.
Exception: Vision lites with the lowest part more than 66 inches (1675 mm) above the floor shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.10.
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