Unisex Toilet Rooms. (1) The toilet rooms do not have the required signage. Install signage, using raised and Brailled characters, on the wall adjacent to the latch side of each door so that the centerline of the sign is 60 inches above the finish floor and there are no protruding objects within 3 inches of the signs. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(16)(a), 4.30.1, 4.30.4, 4.30.5, 4.30.6. (2) The hot water and drain pipes beneath the lavatory in each toilet room are not insulated or otherwise configured to protect against contact. Install insulation on the pipes under the accessible lavatories. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(11), 4.22.6, 4.19.4. (3) There is no rear grab bar in each toilet room. Install a rear grab bar in each room that is at least 36 inches long and that begins at least 12 inches from the centerline of the toilet, i.e. no more than 6 inches from the side wall. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(11), 4.22.4, 4.16.4, Fig.29(a). (4) The side grab bar in each toilet room is not compliant in size or shape. Install a side grab bar so that it begins no more than 12 inches from the back wall, it is at least 42 inches long, and it extends at least 54 inches from the back wall. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(11), 4.22.4, 4.16.4, Fig. 29(b). (5) The height of each toilet seat is 15 1/2 inches from the finish floor to the top of the seat. Provide toilet seats with the top of the seat between 17 and 19 inches from the finish floor. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(11), 4.22.4, 4.16.3, Fig. 29(b). (6) In each toilet room, the coat hook is mounted 66 inches above the finish floor. Provide a hook that it is not more than 54 inches above the finish floor for a side reach or 48 inches above the finish floor for a forward reach. Standards §§ 4.1.6(1)(b), 4.1.3(12), 4.25.3, 4.2.6, 4.2.5.
Unisex Toilet Rooms. Basement and First Floor. The unisex toilet rooms in the basement and on the first floor both contain numerous elements that are not accessible to persons with disabilities. Provide one accessible unisex toilet room such that all of the room’s elements, including signage, door, door hardware, clear floor space, water closet, urinal (if provided), grab bars, lavatory, mirror, controls, and dispensers, comply with the Standards. Standards §§ 4.13, 4.16, 4.18, 4.19, 4.26, 4.27, 4.30, Figs. 28, 29. At all inaccessible toilet rooms, provide accessible directional signage with the International Symbol of Accessibility indicating the location of the nearest accessible toilet room, and provide accessible signage with the International Symbol of Accessibility at all accessible toilet rooms. Standards §§ 4.1.2(7)(d), 4.1.6(3)(e)(iii), 4.30.1, 4.30.2, 4.30.3, 4.30.5, 4.30.7. c.
