Wide Interior Doors For Wheelchair Access

The larger doors are also particularly cumbersome to open and close for anyone in a wheelchair.

Wide interior doors for wheelchair access.

These doors are plenty wide enough but also offer the added benefits of strength durability and fantastic looks. Door width for wheelchair access the width of a building s doorway may cause the owner to have to spend money to remodel the doorways if they are not wide enough for wheelchairs. Due to the width of many wheelchairs it can be difficult to find a wheelchair accessible door. Common widths in residential construction include 30 and 32 inch doors although 36 inch front entry doors can be found in old or even relatively modern homes.

However these regulations often create a different issue in that the large door can turn reduce a room s accessibility. While a 32 wide opening is the minimum for wheelchair access as homebuilder phil garner discovered after he was disabled wider openings provide much easier access. Most doors come in standard sizes with some like his that are big enough to accommodate a wheelchair without remodeling. To overcome this issue we have a range of doors that are wider than 33 inches or 838mm.

A widened doorway requires a 900mm wide door which when being opened into a room or corridor can obstruct wheelchair access. Our best selling lightweight wheelchair is feather chair 13 5 lbs for a heavy duty wheelchair we recommend heavy duty xl feather chair 19 lbs. Depending on size and type a wheelchair s width could range from 21 for narrow transport chairs to 40 wide for heavy duty wheelchairs.