Clear width is 32 inches 815 mm minimum measured from the one side wall to the face of the opposite side wall.
Handicap door size requirements.
Door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches 815 mm minimum.
In general the requirements are a minimum of 32 in width and a maximum of 48 and the door must open to 90 degrees.
Section 404 of the ada states.
Commonly doorways are measured at about 23 to 27 inches.
Most entrances to stores and businesses use 36 inch wide doors that are wide enough to be accessible.
Clear width door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches minimum and a maximum of 48 inches.
Diagrams of a hinged door sliding door and folding door.
The maximum depth of the opening shown is 24 inches 810 mm.
The correct size for a wheelchair user to be able to comfortably fit through a doorway is 32 inches wide.
Clear width is measured between the face of the door itself and the opposite stop.
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.
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.
Doors not requiring full user passage such as shallow closets may have the clear opening reduced to 20 in 510 mm minimum.
Sharp turns after a doorway.
Door openings can sometimes be enlarged.
If the bathroom has an open straight entryway the door has to be at least 32 inches wide.
Openings more than 24 inches deep shall provide a clear opening of 36 inches minimum.
This would not be wide enough for a user to fit through.