The maximum depth of the opening shown is 24 inches 810 mm.
Handicap door size requirements.
This would not be wide enough for a user to fit through.
Access door specifications in addition to floor space obligations handicapped accessible bathrooms must have doors wide enough for standard wheelchairs to pass through unimpeded.
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.
Sharp turns after a doorway.
Section 404 of the ada states.
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.
The correct size for a wheelchair user to be able to comfortably fit through a doorway is 32 inches wide.
Door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches 815 mm minimum.
Commonly doorways are measured at about 23 to 27 inches.
Clear width door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches minimum and a maximum of 48 inches.
Openings more than 24 inches deep shall provide a clear opening of 36 inches minimum.
If the bathroom has an open straight entryway the door has to be at least 32 inches wide.
Doors not requiring full user passage such as shallow closets may have the clear opening reduced to 20 in 510 mm minimum.
Accessible doors should provide at least 32 inches of clear width.
However some older doors are less than 36 inches wide and may not provide enough width 32 inch clear width when fully opened.
Door openings can sometimes be enlarged.
Diagrams of a hinged door sliding door and folding door.
Clear width is measured between the face of the door itself and the opposite stop.
In general the requirements are a minimum of 32 in width and a maximum of 48 and the door must open to 90 degrees.