AS 1428.1-2009 PWD Code

 AS 1428.1—2009                                         62



        13.3.4 Power operated doors
        To permit a wheelchair to turn through a door from a side-on approach, dimension
        WL or WH are required on the approach side only. Where a sliding door is power
        operated, for a front on approach the WL and WH dimensions do not apply.
          NOTE: For location of manual controls for power operated doors, see Clause 13.5.3.
        13.4 Distance between successive doorways in passages in an accessible
        path of travel
        The distance between doorways in vestibules, air locks and other similarly enclosed
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        spaces shall be not less than 1450 mm. Where the doors encroach into space, the
        distance shall be not less than 1450 mm plus the door leaf width, as shown in
        Figure 34(a), and shall comply with Figure 31 and 32 as applicable.
        The distances between doorways in vestibules and air locks on a path of travel to
        ambulant toilets shall be in accordance with Figure 34(B).


                         1450 min.              1450 min.                1450 min.




                            WL                                                             WL




                                     WL                      WL


                                      (a) Continuous accessible path of travel


                                          DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES


        FIGURE 34 (in part) DISTANCE BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE DOORWAYS IN VESTIBULES
                                       AND AIR LOCKS




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