MarkhamBuilding InspectionsInspections
Glass Doors in Barrier-Free Buildings
Published by City of Markham
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- January 1, 2025
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 4
Overview
Builder Tip No. 26 from Markham's Building Standards Department, dated January 1, 2025, listed with the City's non-housing tips under the 2024 Ontario Building Code. It quotes Article 3.8.2.1. on the areas a barrier-free path of travel reaches and its exceptions, and Sentence 3.8.3.3.(15) on glass doors in that path, marked with a continuous opaque strip at least 50 mm wide, colour and brightness contrasted, between 1350 mm and 1500 mm above the floor, with logos allowed within limits. A drawing shows the strip's width and height.
What it covers
- 3.8.2.1. Areas requiring Barrier-Free Path of Travel
- 3.8.3.3. Doorways and Doors
- Objective
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