ADA BATHROOM LAYOUT RESIDENTIAL UPGRADE
ADA BATHROOM LAYOUT RESIDENTIAL CODE

There is only one restroom! But you patiently wait for your turn, since you’re already there anyway. You wheel yourself independently but, once you get there, someone is already in queue. Maybe you had a little too much wine, and now you can’t avoid it, so you excuse yourself to go find the restroom. Right now, you are at a restaurant enjoying your dinner with friends but gradually, you feel that warmth accumulating in your body. And this is even more complicated when you are someone with a disability. Many thanks to both Olaf and David for their thoughts.It is an unfortunate fact of life that we have to go to the bathroom to do our business every once in a while.

ADA BATHROOM LAYOUT RESIDENTIAL CODE

So, Olaf, looks like I am out of luck on this.Īnyone else know a code way to make this legal? So the code allows for basically replacement on existing roughing as an ordinary repair (which is good, as I installed my own bathroom sink recently ) (b) Minor alterations or ordinary repairs shall include the repair or replacement of any fixture, piping or faucets from the inlet side of a trap to any exposed stop valve.' ' nor shall minor alterations or ordinary repairs include additions to, alterations of, or rearrangement, relocation, replacement, repair or removal of any portion of a standpipe or sprinkler system, water distribution system, house sewer, private sewer, or drainage system, including leaders, or any soil, waste or vent pipe, or any gas distribution system, or any other work affecting health or the fire or structural safety of the building. So, nope to #2 and #3 (building is R-2 multiple dwellings), Ordinary repairs defined as per code: R-3 occupancies in buildings with first occupancy after March 13, 1991, and originally constructed in a single structure with fewer than four dwelling or sleeping units.' R-3 occupancies in buildings with first occupancy on or before March 13, 1991.ģ. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to alterations, including minor alterations but excluding ordinary repairs, and changes of use or occupancy to prior code buildings in accordance with Sections 1101.3.1 through 1101.3.5.Įxception: The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to:Ģ. '1101.3 Special provisions for prior code buildings. Thanks a ton for engaging, it's appreciated! You are certainly correct that this might be solution, but I am trying to give the client what they would like legally, so I am trying to determine if the code allows for this.

ADA BATHROOM LAYOUT RESIDENTIAL UPGRADE

I've been inside lots of NYC bathrooms with that corner tub arrangement, and whenever they've been renovated, they usually just upgrade the fixtures and finishes without changing any locations.

Seems like a lot of work for minimal benefit.

For this discussion, I am operating under the assumption this can be done.

Floor is assumed (verifying with probe) to be slab with cinder fill and we are confirming with probes / plumber that the plumbing can be run code compliant in the floor sandwich / cinder fill.

Another apartment in the line has done this, but it was pre-2014 NYC BC, so it was likely (a) done on the sly, or (b) done under LL 58/87, which is no longer an option.

The goal is to revise the layout of one bathroom.

Are you just planning on renovating one bathroom, or are you renovating the entire stack? Have you considered the implications to the plumbing system, including impacts to the risers, soil stack, and/or access from the apartment below?.

If it's legal, I'd like to help her get this.

Thinks it would be better aesthetically, which I agree with.

Client wishes for a cleaner, more modern alignment of the components.

David, thanks for the thoughtful response, I'll try to address your points:

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