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I'd love to see more automatic doors, especially on restrooms, but I understand that automatic doors are pretty expensive for some reason?
by Natsu 6y ago
I'd love to see more automatic doors, especially on restrooms, but I understand that automatic doors are pretty expensive for some reason?
- ceejayoz 6y agoNo need to have 'em automatic; just ensure they open outwards, so you can push 'em open with your foot.
- echelon 6y agoFire code requires that doors swing open in the direction of egress under certain conditions: https://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/101/101_FAQs.pdf https://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/101/101_FAQs... (PDF link)
- Nextgrid 6y agoCan this be worked around with two sets of doors (opening in separate directions) or doors that can swing either way?
- IncRnd 6y agoUnless, according to code, there isn't enough room in the outer area, or opening outwards would create a hazard. This is often why many public bathroom door open inwards, and yet passed code inspections. The very first sentence of the paragraph in your link's section on this subject mentions these exceptions.
- echelon 6y agoMy post includes the clause "under certain conditions". I was trying to inform the OP of fire code regulations that might impede this design. I'm not sure why this was responded to so negatively.
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- TheSoftwareGuy 6y agoI think that’s fine. The path of egress should always be outside the bathroom, no?
- bobthepanda 6y agoOnce when I was at a bathroom I saw a door that had a metal band affixed to it, so you could put your foot between the door and the band to open it. That being said, that would be only sanitary if you were wearing a shoe with a closed toe.
- jamesgeck0 6y agoI’ve also seen restroom doors with vertical pull bars that have a gap at the top, so you can sling them open with your wrist without putting your hand on it.
- Natsu 6y agoI'd love to find something cheap, like maybe some kind of lever device you could step on, that would open the doors mechanically without the need of using hands.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoI have been trying on and off to come up with just such a device for decades. Leverage and profile are the big problems - and a door that opens inwards is a bugger.
- aaronbrethorst 6y agohttps://www.stepnpull.com https://www.stepnpull.com Not affiliated with the company, but definitely a fan of the product.
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- Natsu 6y agoI wonder if there are other, cheaper ways to give people a manual option to open the door without touching it. Maybe some mechanical device you could step on to open a door?
- war1025 6y agoI just always grab a paper towel and use it to grab the handle with. Seems like an easy enough solution to me.
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- sc11 6y agoDoesn't always work well if the bin is too far away from the door.
- dylan604 6y agoLuckily, the bathroom is not the only location in the entire building with a trashcan
- cardiffspaceman 6y agoOn cruise ships they have been working this out for a bit. There's a bin by the door. You grab the handle with your towel, put the towel in the bin while holding the door with your toe, and then exit. Ship's health propaganda points out that this will be the case.
- elf25 6y agonow you are outside the washroom. With a paper towel. trashcan is inside. What do you do with the paper towel?
- saagarjha 6y agoExcept for those bathrooms with hand dryers which are supposedly environmentally friendly and hygienic, and not like an easy way for the facilities to skimp out on paying for paper towels and their disposal. I have a suspicion that they are probably worse since they are high-wattage when actually used (instead of people just wiping their hands on their pants) and they blow germs everywhere, and if the Dyson ones really loud and accumulate nasty-looking water inside of them, but I have never been able to rigorously test this.
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- kwhitefoot 6y agoWhy do they need a door? Motorway service stations in the UK don't have doors on the entrance to the restroom just to the stalls. Same in many airports around the world. Ok, smaller facilities might need doors but quite a few really don't.
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- amelius 6y agoThere are 3d-printable parts you can put on top of your door handle to be able to open it with your arms instead of your hands: https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/27/handle-hacks-hands-free-door-opening/ https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/27/handle-hacks-hands-free-do... https://www.materialise.com/en/hands-free-door-opener https://www.materialise.com/en/hands-free-door-opener