All handles pulls latches locks and other operable parts of the door should measure between 34 inches and 48 inches above the floor.
Storefront door handle height.
Widths range from approximately 3 to 4 feet door frame face widths range to a maximum of 4 101 6 while depths range to 6 152 4 door operation is single or doubleacting with maximum security locks or touch bar panics standard.
Ada also states that the storefront door should take atleast 5 seconds to close from the full open position of 90 degrees to 12 degrees.
Heights vary to 10 feet.
Measure up vertically from the bottom corner of the door and make a mark on the edge of the door at the desired height.
Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal opera tion are permitted at any height.
In section 404 2 9 ada only states the maximum opening force for interior doors of 5lb max.
Use the try square to make a light 3 inch long horizontal line perpendicular to the grain inward from the mark.
Fortunately the standards for ada door handle height are not much different than traditional recommendations.
It is common practice that the exterior door requires no more than 8.
The height of the door handle is not so much the problem as the door handle itself.
The door height should be atleast 6 8 80 which means that the storefront door must either be a 6 8 7 0 8 0 or taller door.
For interior doors make another mark at 2 3 8 inches from the edge to intersect the.
Door handles pulls latches locks and other operating devices shall be installed 34 inches 864 mm minimum and 48 inches 1219 mm maximum above the finished floor.