Bay West brand ADA Compliant dispensers help make your washroom accessible. Our complete line of washroom dispensers can help you comply with ADA Title III washroom requirements. To be in compliance with ADA Title III regulations, our dispensers must be installed according to the guidelines. We recommend that you refer to the following sections of the ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities when installing dispensers or altering your washrooms for compliance.
308.2
308.3
Reach Ranges
Where a forward reach is unobstructed, the high forward reach shall be 48 inches maximum and the low forward reach shall be 15 inches minimum above the finish floor or ground.
Where a high forward reach is over an obstruction, the clear floor space shall extend beneath the element for a distance not less than the required reach depth over the obstruction. The high forward reach shall be 48 inches maximum where the reach depth is 20 inches maximum. Where the reach depth exceeds 20 inches, the high forward reach shall be 44 inches maximum and the reach depth shall be 25 inches maximum.
Where a clear floor or ground space allows a parallel approach to an element and the side reach is unobstructed, the high side reach shall be 48 inches maximum and the low side reach shall be 15 inches minimum above the finish floor or ground.
Where a clear floor or ground space allows a parallel approach to an element and the high side reach is over an obstruction, the height of the obstruction shall be 34 inches maximum and the depth of the obstruction shall be 24 inches maximum. The high side reach shall be 48 inches maximum for a reach depth of 10 inches maximum. Where the reach depth exceeds 10 inches, the high side reach shall be 46 inches maximum for a reach depth of 24 inches maximum.
309.1 – 309.4
Operable Parts
All controls and operating mechanisms in accessible spaces, along accessible routes, and as parts of accessible elements, shall comply with the following:
A clear floor or ground space shall be provided to add forward or parallel approach.
Operable parts shall be placed within one or more of the reach ranges specified in 308.
Operable parts shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate operable parts shall be 5 pounds maximum.
604.7
Dispensers
Toilet paper dispensers shall comply with 309.4 (Operable parts) and shall be 7 inches minimum and 9 inches maximum in front of the water closet measured to the centerline of the dispenser. The outlet of the dispenser shall be 15 inches minimum and 48 inches maximum above the finish floor and shall not be located behind grab bars.
Dispensers shall not be of a type that controls delivery or that does not allow continuous paper flow.
Advisory: If toilet paper dispensers are installed above the side wall grab bar, the outlet of the toilet paper dispenser must be 48 inches maximum above the finish floor and the top of the gripping surface of the grab bar must be 33 inches minimum and 36 inches maximum above the finish floor.
For a complete version of newest ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG), contact the U.S. Department of Justice or visit the website www.access-board.gov