Automatic Door Signage Requirements

This guide explains scoping and technical requirements for accessible entrances doors and gates in the ada standards.

Automatic door signage requirements.

Automatic door signs and labels show your customers visitors employees and guests where automatic doors are located with our automatic doors signs and labels. For additional information and diagrams depicting the signage requirements refer to the applicable bhma standard available from the builders hardware manufacturers association. Top of the document. Automatic door and hardware carries automatic sliding door stickers automatic folding door stickers automatic swing door stickers low energy automatic door stickers automatic revolving door stickers and many more.

Choose from options such as labels that adhere directly to doors signs to mount beside doors and triangle mount signs. Available in many materials including double sided adhesive for glass doors. These signs help prevent unnecessary accidents. The letters shall be 5 8inches 16mm high minimum.

Signage should be affixed to the powered door system at a height of between 1300 mm and 1600 mm. Requirements for signage on automatic doors is addressed in ansi bhma a156 10 power operated pedestrian doors and ansi bhma a156 19 power assist and low energy power operated doors. Proper signage is critical to the safe operation of automatic doors so the signage required by the standards must be maintained throughout the life of the door assembly. Alert everyone to the automatic functions of your entrance with these labels.

We carry all the automatic door decals you need to bring your automatic door up to the proper safety regulations. Our automatic door warning labels warn your guests and employees of automatic doors. The signage has been designed to make users particularly partially sighted persons aware that the doors are automatic and where keep clear signage is applied to keep clear of the area where the automatic door operates. The minimum activation distance for automatic swing or sliding doors on escape routes has been increased from 1 400mm to 1 500mm as people move faster in an emergency so doors must open sooner.

Straight and curved sliding doors and prismatic and folding doors. Minimum number at least 60 of public entrances must be accessible in new construction in addition to entrances directly serving tenancies parking facilities pedestrian tunnels and elevated walkways. Direction of travel sig. The signs shall be mounted 50 12 1270mm 305mm from the floor to the center line of the sign.