The Right Space
Debold-Marquez Books, LLC
ISBN 0-9764432-4-4
602 309 5169 – 480 821 2929 fax
contactus@trspace.com
Printed in the United States of America
- INTRODUCTION – page 7
- GLOSSARY AND NOTES – page 8
- Brief Description: Readers become familiar
with basic definitions such as accessible, approach
direction, clear floor space, cross slope, finished floor
and more.
- CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
- CROSS SLOPE
- KNEE AND TOE SPACE
- RAMP...more
- PRIMARY FLOOR SPACES – page 11
- Brief Description: Width, depth, and slope of
various floor spaces.
- WIDTH, DEPTH, AND SLOPE
- WHEELCHAIR CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
- RUNNING SLOPE
- CROSS SLOPE
- VERTICAL CHANGE IN LEVEL
- BEVELED CHANGE IN LEVEL
- FLOOR TILE, CARPET, DECK AND GRATE SPACING
- TURNING – page 29
- Brief Description: Minimum widths, depths,
and diameters of floor spaces that allow you to travel
from room to room and from fixture to fixture.
- TURNING SPACES
- 90 DEGREE TURN – through doorway
- ASSOCIATED 90 DEGREE TURNS – two examples
- CIRCULAR TURNING SPACE
- T – SHAPED TURNING SPACE
- ELLIPTICAL TURNING SPACE
- TURNING NOTES
- DOORS AND PASSAGEWAYS – page 41
- Brief Description: Minimum width between open
door and doorstop when a hinged door is open 90 degrees.
Double doors, pocket doors, passageways and what makes a
hallway accessible.
- HINGED DOOR - Typical Guidelines
- DOUBLE DOORS
- POCKET DOOR AND FOLDING DOOR
- PASSAGEWAY WIDTH
- DOORWAY AND PASSAGEWAY NOTES
- ENTRANCE LANDINGS – page 49
- Brief Description: Each accessible entry
doorway has a landing on each side of it. Each entry
landing has a specific width and depth based on approach
direction and hardware location. Each entry landing
allows you open a hinged door, let it swing by, and let
you pass through.
- ACCESSIBLE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- FRONT APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- FRONT APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDING
- LATCH APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- LATCH APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDING
- HINGE APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- HINGE APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDINGS
- LANDINGS AND RAMPS – page 59
- Brief Description: Where landing and ramps
are located. There is a landing on each side of every
ramp! Ramp widths, depths, and slope guidelines.
- LANDING - RAMP - LANDING
- LANDING - Typical Guidelines, Where Ramps Change
Direction
- RAMP IN NEW CONSTRUCTION - Typical Guidelines, Running
Slope, Cross Slope, Maximum Rise, Accessible Design
Considerations
- RAMP IN EXISTING CONSTRUCTION - Exception One, Design
Considerations
- RAMP IN EXISTING CONSTRUCTION - Exception Two, Design
Considerations
- REACH, APPROACH, AND EGRESS - page 73
- Brief Description: High and low reach each
have an approach direction. High and low reach also have
minimum and maximum heights at walls, beside a fixture,
over a fixture, more.
- REACH AND APPROACH DIRECTION
- REACH AND OBSTRUCTIONS
- FORWARD APPROACH - Unobstructed High Forward Reach, Low
Forward Reach
- FORWARD APPROACH - Obstructed High Forward Reach
- PARALLEL APPROACH - Unobstructed Parallel Reach, High
Parallel Reach, Low Parallel Reach, Obstructed High
Parallel Reach
- HIGH AND LOW REACH AND VIEW
- EGRESS
- INTERIOR LANDINGS - page 87
- Brief Description: There is a landing on each
side of an interior doorway and passageway. The landing
allows a person in a wheelchair to make a 90 degree turn
and pass through. How wide and how deep is each doorway
landing? There are 7 possibilities. Each depends on the
approach direction and door handle location.
- ACCESSIBLE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- FRONT APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- FRONT APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDING
- LATCH APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- LATCH APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDING
- HINGE APPROACH - PUSH SIDE LANDING
- HINGE APPROACH - PULL SIDE LANDINGS
- OVERLAPPING LANDINGS - Where Doors Swing Away From Each
Other, Where Doors Swing in the Same Direction
- PASSAGEWAY LANDINGS - Forward Approach and Parallel
Approach
- POCKET DOOR LANDINGS - Front Approach, Latch Approach,
Pocket Approach
- HALLWAYS
- LANDING NOTES
- RESIDENTIAL BATHROOMS - page 105
- Brief Description: An overview of accessible
bathroom design. A variety complete bathrooms are
displayed – each with a different type of bathing
fixture.
- TYPICAL BATHROOM - Access Problems
- BATHROOM ONE - Fixing Access Problems
- BATHROOM TWO - Roll-in Shower without Seat, Lavatory,
and Water Closet. What is a Rough-in Dimension?
- BATHROOM THREE - Roll-in Shower with Seat, Lavatory,
and Water Closet
- BATHROOM FOUR - Alternate Shower with Seat, Lavatory,
and Water Closet
- BATHROOM NOTES
- WATER CLOSET / TOILET - page 117
- Brief Description: A toilet’s clear floor
space, turning space, grab bars, and toilet paper
dispenser location. The relationship between fixtures and
floor spaces near a toilet.
- WATER CLOSET - Accessible Design Considerations,
Typical Guidelines, Rough-in Considerations
- LAVATORY NEXT TO A WATER CLOSET - Minimum Distance
- FIXTURE NEXT TO A WATER CLOSET
- WATER CLOSET HARD EDGES - Front Edge, Seat Side Edge
- OVERLAPPING SPACES
- LAVATORY / SINK - page 129
- Brief Description: A lavatory’s clear floor
space and turning space. The relationship between the
lavatory and a water closet. The relationship between the
lavatory and a bathtub. The relationship between the
lavatory and a roll-in shower… a transfer shower… an
alternate shower. The landings and turning spaces near a
lavatory.
- LAVATORY - Accessible Design Considerations, Typical
Guidelines
- KNEE AND TOE SPACE - Typical Guidelines
- LAVATORY IN AN ALCOVE
- LAVATORY NEXT TO A WATER CLOSET - Minimum Distance
- FIXTURE NEXT TO A WATER CLOSET
- LAVATORY NEXT TO A BATHING FIXTURE - Bathtub, Roll-in
Shower without Seat, Bathing Fixture with
- Seat, Transfer Shower, Alternate Shower with Seat
- MANEUVERING IN AND MANEUVERING OUT
- OVERLAPPING SPACES
- BATHROOM CABINET, COUNTERTOP AND SINK - page 143
- Brief Description: The relationship between
cabinet-countertop-sink and a water closet. The
relationship between cabinet-countertop-sink and a
bathtub. The relationship between cabinet-countertop-sink
and a roll-in shower…a transfer shower…an alternate
shower. The turning space near a cabinet and countertop.
- BATHROOM SINK WITH FORWARD APPROACH - Typical
Guidelines
- BATHROOM SIZE
- WATER CLOSET HARD EDGES - Front Edge and Seat Side Edge
- FIXTURE NEXT TO A WATER CLOSET
- CABINET, COUNTERTOP, AND TURNING SPACE
- CABINET AND COUNTERTOP NEXT TO A BATHING FIXTURE -
Bathtub, Roll-in Shower without Seat, Bathing Fixture
with Seat, Transfer Shower, Alternate Shower with Seat
- CABINET, COUNTERTOP, AND OVERALL BATHROOM SIZE
- BATHTUB - page 159
- Brief Description: Clear floor space and
turning space at at bathtub. Grab bars, grab bar backing,
shower spray unit, and controls location. Bathtub seat
location. Typical carpentry and more.
- BATHTUB - Accessible Design Considerations, Typical
Guidelines, Bathing Fixture Width, Rough-in
Considerations, Bathing Fixture Depth, Rough-in
Considerations
- BATHTUB WITH PERMANENT SEAT - Accessible Design
Considerations, Typical Guidelines, Bathroom Size,
Rough-in Considerations
- ROLL-IN SHOWER - page 175
- Brief Description: A roll-in shower’s clear
floor space and turning space. Grab bars, grab bar
backing, shower spray unit, and controls location. Notes
on a folding shower seat. Typical carpentry and
sub-floor.
- ROLL-IN SHOWER WITHOUT SEAT - Accessible Design
Considerations, Typical Guidelines, Bathroom Size,
Rough-in Considerations
- ROLL-IN SHOWER WITH SEAT - Accessible Design
Considerations, Typical Guidelines, Bathroom Size,
Rough-in Considerations
- TRANSFER SHOWER and ALTERNATE SHOWER - page 189
- Brief Description: A transfer shower’s
clear floor space and turning space. Grab bars, grab bar
backing, shower spray unit, and controls location. Notes
on a folding shower seat. Typical carpentry and
sub-floor.
- TRANSFER SHOWER - Accessible Design Considerations,
Typical Guidelines, Bathroom Size, Rough-in
Considerations
- ALTERNATE SHOWER WITH SEAT (end wall controls) -
Accessible Design Considerations, Typical Guidelines,
Fixture Location, Rough-in Considerations
- ALTERNATE SHOWER WITH SEAT (back wall controls) -
Accessible Design Considerations, Typical Guidelines,
Fixture Location, Rough-in Considerations
- SEAT WALL - Entry Side and Adjacent Side Setbacks
- ADA COMPLIANT BATHING SEAT - Planning and Availability
- KITCHEN - page 211
- Brief Description: An overview of accessible
kitchen design. Detailed illustrations an efficient
kitchen and the relationship between clear floor space
and turning space at a refrigerator. Turning space at a
cooktop…a dishwasher…a sink…a work surface…a
range, and a built-in oven.
- KITCHEN - Accessible Design Considerations
- CABINET STRUCTURE - Toe Kick Height, Cabinet and
Countertop Height, Work Surface and Sink Fixtures
- APPROACH CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
- HIGH AND LOW REACH
- U - SHAPED KITCHEN
- PASS THROUGH KITCHEN
- APPROACH EXAMPLES - Refrigerator-Freezer and Cooktop,
Dishwasher, Sink, Work Surface, Range, Built-in Oven
- FIXTURE HEIGHT AND LOCATION
- MANEUVERING INSIDE A KITCHEN
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