Floor Sinks Require Ready Access

The ada requires any sink in a public place to be accessible to those in wheelchairs.

Floor sinks require ready access.

The clear floor space may extend up to 19 inches into the knee space underneath the sink. The plumbing system consist of a network of floor drains and one sink all in the mechanical room. Knee space the distance from the bottom of the sink apron to the floor must be at least 27 inches. The use of fittings such as increasing couplings as a waste receptor should be avoided.

Faucets usually are placed at the center of or within six inches of the center of the sink regardless of the number of basins. Sink knee clearances and accessible space requirements. This means those in a wheelchair can reach and use the sink comfortably. Indirect waste piping comm 82 33 1 b e.

Floor sink installation comm 82 33 8 a b c. They are rarely sized appropriately and do not fit the code description of a waste receptor. Ccr sections 11b 306 2 3 exception 1 and 11b 606 2. Clear floor or ground space 305 sufficient clear floor or ground space is required at accessible controls operable parts drinking fountains lavatories and sinks atms and fare machines appliances beds and other elements.

Trap seal protection is not required in garage floor drains in one two and three family dwellings. The knee space must extend in at least 8 inches from the front of the sink. These drains discharge into an atmospheric lift station in the same room and then the waste is transferred to another lift station prior going to the waste water treatment plant. The ipc does require trap primers on floor drains.

The floor drain shall be constructed so that the drain is capable of being cleaned. Space for parallel approach required at sinks 7 5. Receptor installation comm 82 33 8 8 a d. Ready access shall be provided to waste receptors.

Trap seals of emergency floor drain traps and trap seals subject to evaporation shall be protected by one of the methods in sections 1002 4 1 1 through 1002 4 1 4. Ready access shall be provided to the drain inlet. Clear floor space at elements. All waste receptors are required to be approved by the code official.

The top of the drain which receives. The clear floor spaces are required at sinks and shall adjoin or overlap an accessible path of travel in the restroom. They used to. Since the clear floor space is centered on the sink users are still afforded access to faucet controls.

Access to the drain is required and when the drain is in the wall or above floor a pump type dishwasher is required. Provisions for these elements apply the clear floor or ground specifications in 305. Indirect waste piping materials comm 82 33 2.