ADA Compliance

ADA 

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination of people with disabilities in all areas of public life. 

Below is what ADA requires for doors:

• Doorways must have a minimum clear opening of at least 32 inches when the door is open at a 90-degree angle
• If the door is not automatic or power assisted, you must account for minimum maneuvering distances
• Thresholds and floor-level changes cannot exceed certain heights and slopes
• Accessible doors need to have hardware that is easy to grasp/use, and no higher than 48 inches from the ground
• The force needed to open a door cannot exceed certain standards, depending on the type of door
• If the door closes automatically, it must do so relatively slowly
• Operating force for horizontal sliding doors is limited to 5 pounds
• Life Safety limits the use of horizontal sliding doors to rooms with less than 10 occupants in most jurisdictions, unless a swing door is present

ADA Compatible Door Systems

• Most AD Systems hardware is designed to operate without pinching, twisting or grasping or special knowledge per ADA guidelines
• Single action egress solutions available
• AD Systems doors have no exposed floor track or door guides
• Products are configured to maintain required handle clearances
• AD Systems offers multiple soft closer designs to comply with ADA and CA requirements for opening and operating force (contact us for specification information)
• AutoMotion™ sliding barn door system opens with the wave or a hand or touch of a button for quiet and hands-free operation