Subsection 3 4 manual door hardware states that door handles should be at a minimum height of between 0 9 and 1 0 meters from the floor surface to provide a comfortable way for wheelchair users to open a door.
Handle door height.
This facilitates access since mobility aids including wheelchair footrests are sometimes used to push or prop open doors.
The door handle height is typically specified by the architect in the joinery plan.
The bottom surface of doors and gates on the push side must be smooth to a height of at least 10.
One door is 1980mm high with the centre of the handle at 1040mm from the bottom of the door and 1060mm from the floor when the door is shut.
Door hardware ada compliant locks exit devices handles pulls latches and other operable parts on doors shall comply operable parts of such hardware shall be 34 inches minimum and 48 inches maximum above the finish floor or ground.
Personally i think it looks weird.
The height of the door handle is not so much the problem as the door handle itself.
A few exceptions are included in the bill.
This is around waist height for the average adult.
In most cases handles and knobs should be installed at a height of 34 to 48 inches from the finished floor.
Both handles are 80mm above the top of the cross rail and they both feel too high when i use them.
Door handles pulls latches locks and other operating devices shall be installed 34 inches 864 mm minimum and 48 inches 1219 mm maximum above the finished floor.
Installation at 40 inches is common on affordable homes mobile homes and production homes.
The height of the door handle must be between a minimum of 34 and a maximum of 48.
Standard interior slab doors are 80 inches tall.
Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal opera tion are permitted at any height.
The other is 1965mm high with the handle at 1015mm from door and floor.
General requirements for access recommends that the height of the handle should fall within 900mm and 1100mm above the floor.
Standard door handle height regardless of the size of the door the australian standard as 1428 1 design for access and mobility part 1.