MarkhamBuilding InspectionsInspections
Grab Bars in Barrier-Free Washroom Stalls
Published by City of Markham
This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- January 1, 2025
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 4
Overview
The City of Markham's four-page Builder Tip No. 25, dated January 1, 2025 and updated to the 2024 OBC, on accessible washrooms in non-housing buildings, filed with the City's non-housing tips under the 2024 Ontario Building Code. It quotes Sentences 3.8.3.8.(3) to (9) on grab bars in water closet stalls: the 750 mm L-shaped bar, the bar behind the toilet at 840 mm to 920 mm, fold down grab bars, 1.3 kN loads, diameters and wall clearances, and Sentence 3.8.3.12.(1) on universal washrooms. A diagram shows mounting heights and clearances.
What it covers
- 3.8.3.8. Water Closet Stalls and Enclosures
- 3.8.3.12 Universal Washrooms
- Objective
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