Installation (Doors) Building Codes & Rules

Handle & Locks^{AS 1428.1:2009, 13.5.2}

• 900 to 1.1m above FFL
• Lever type handle

Push Plate^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• SS 316, 1.6mm
• 2mm radius corners
• Brushed finish

2^{Industry Recommendation}

Door Hinging^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• Against closest wall
• Plan for nearby furniture
• Pivot door for high-intensity traffic
• Split pin hinge
• 316 stainless steel or brass, always match handle finish
• 10g x 32mm minimum screw

200^{Industry Recommendation}

200^{Industry Recommendation}

Light Switches & Controls^{AS 1428.1:2009, 14.1}

• 900 to 1.1m above FFL
• On door latch side

Kickplate^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• 316 stainless steel, 1.6mm
• 2mm radius corners
• Brushed finish
• For high traffic areas

≥ 300^{Industry Recommendation}

20^{Industry Recommendation}

200^{Industry Recommendation}

20^{Industry Recommendation}

EQ^{Industry Recommendation}

900^{AS 1428.1:2009, 14.1}

700^{Industry Recommendation}

Vision Panel^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• All toilet & airlock doors Class 2 - 9
• High-intensity use e.g. cafe kitchen
• Class 9b Building
• Childcare & Schools

2^{Industry Recommendation}

Kickplate

If Wardrobe Planned

Luminous Contrast^{AS 1428.1:2009, 13.1}

• All Doors in an Accessible Path of Travel
• ≥ 30% luminance contrast between
• Door leaf & jamb, or
• Door leaf & adjacent wall, or
• Architrave & wall, or
• Door leaf & architrave, or
• Door jamb & adjacent wall
• ≥ 50mm width of luminance area

1.1m^{AS 1428.1:2009, 14.1}

≥ 50^{AS 1428.1:2009, 13.1}

Luminance Contrast Width

Corners^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• Arris all 12 edges

Rebate

Sealing^{Industry Recommendation}

• Paint tops & bottoms of Door

Margins^{Industry Recommendation}

• Equal all round

2^{Industry Recommendation}

EQ^{Industry Recommendation}

230^{Industry Recommendation}

150^{Industry Recommendation}

Door Hardware^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• SS 316 box strike plate & screws preferable

Vision

Panel

Push

Plate

Door Construction^{Tools™ Best Practice}

• Arris corner edges
• Smooth latch edge
• Solid core preferable
• Moisture-resistant core & frame

Avoid

• Block core
• Particleboard core

Durability^{Industry Recommendation}

• Seal all around
• Reseal base if door trimmed

≥ 610^{Industry Recommendation}