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OBC 2006 Division B

9.6.3.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 9.6.3. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

OBC 2012 · renumbered to 9.5.11. — Pro

9.6.3. — Doorway Sizes

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9.6.3.1. — Doorway Opening Sizes

(1) Except as provided in Articles 9.6.3.3., 9.9.6.2. and 9.9.6.3., doorway openings within dwelling units shall be designed to accommodate at least the door sizes in Table 9.6.3.1. for swing-type doors or folding doors.

Editor's note

In the notes to Table-9.6.3.1., the footnote reference numbers are presented inline with a separating space; the e-Laws consolidation renders them as superscript abutting the text. The footnote text is identical.

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Table 9.6.3.1. Minimum Size of Door Forming Part of Sentence 9.6.3.1.(1)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

At Entrance to:

Minimum Width, mm

Minimum Height, mm

Dwelling unit (required entrance)

810

1 980

Vestibule or entrance hall

Stairs to a floor level that contains a finished space

810

1 980

All doors in at least one line of passage from the exterior to the basement

Utility rooms

Walk-in closet

610

1 980

Bathroom, water closet room, shower room(1)

610

1 980

Rooms located off hallways that are permitted to be 710 mm wide

610

1 980

Rooms not mentioned above, exterior balconies

760

1 980

Notes to Table 9.6.3.1.:

(1)See Article 9.6.3.3.

9.6.3.2. — Doors to Public Water Closet Rooms

(1) Doors to public water closet rooms shall be not less than 810 mm wide and 2 030 mm high.

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9.6.3.3. — Doors to Bathrooms

(1) Where a barrier-free path of travel conforming to Section 3.8. is provided into a suite of residential occupancy and where a bathroom within the suite is at the level of the suite entrance door, the doorway to such bathroom and to each bedroom at the same level as such bathroom shall have, when the door is in the open position, a clear width of not less than,

(a) 760 mm where the door is served by a corridor or space not less than 1 060 mm wide, and

(b) 810 mm where the door is served by a corridor or space less than 1 060 mm wide.

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