9.5.5. Doorway Sizes

9.5.5. Doorway Sizes
9.5.5.1. Doorway Opening Sizes
  1. Except as provided in Sentence (2) and Articles 9.5.5.3., 9.9.6.2. and 9.9.6.3., doorway openings within dwelling units and within houses with a secondary suite including their common spaces shall be designed to accommodate at least the door sizes given in Table 9.5.5.1. for swing-type and folding doors.
  2. Doorway openings within secondary suites shall be designed to accommodate swing-type and folding doors not less than 1 890 mm high where the ceiling height complies with Sentence 9.5.3.1.(2).

Table 9.5.5.1.
Size of Doors

Forming Part of Sentence 9.5.5.1.(1)

Notes to Table 9.5.5.1.:
(1) See Article 9.5.5.3.

9.5.5.2. Doorways to Public Water-Closet Rooms
  1. Doorways to public water-closet rooms shall be not less than 810 mm wide and 2 030 mm high.
9.5.5.3. Doorways to Rooms with a Bathtub, Shower or Water Closet
(See Note A-9.5.5.3.)
  1. This Article applies where a hallway of not less than 860 mm wide serves one or more rooms containing a bathtub, shower or water closet.
  2. At least one doorway in a hallway described in Sentence (1) shall be constructed
    1. so that access is provided to not less than 1 of each type of fixture described in Sentence (1), and
    2. to accommodate a door not less than 760 mm wide.