ADA compliance of toilet height

[JohnPeter]

It seems ADA requires TOILET SEAT HEIGHT (i.e., TOP of SEAT) to be from 17" to 19" above floor. This suggests that, if all other dimensions are compliant, but wall-hung toilet is too low, compliance may be achieved with mere toilet seat change. These are widely available, with their thick beneath-seat spacers. Seat change is a whole lot easier than moving sewer pipe in wall!

Has anyone crossed this path before, and passed inspection? Does the bowl height itself (absent seat) have any minimum height requirements?

I'm in southern California, FWIW.
This is not residential, but commercial/industrial site.
Thanks.

 

[Jadnashua]

You need two things to become ADA compliant with a toilet: proper seat height (and elongated bowl) plus, the flush lever must be on the door side of the toilet so the person doesn't have to reach over the toilet to flush. This does not take into account the size of the room nor the safety bars or sink, if it's in the same cubicle.

 

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[JohnPeter]

I greatly appreciate your opinion and reply. The flush lever, indeed, will be on the near side of the toilet. I might however implement a flushometer, instead of a tank. My understanding (from research elsewhere) is that the flushometer must afford clearance of 2 inches to the high grab bar behind the toilet. In other simpler words, flushometer must not exist so high on the wall as to interfere with a hand that reaches for the horizontal grab bar.

I remain unschooled on the point of any MINIMUM height of flushometer, should a manual lever be employed. I am not sure if a manual lever is even allowed; perhaps a battery-powered flush piston must replace it. This seems incongruous since a manual lever is allowed on a tank-type toilet. Why not manual flushometer lever, then?

I, too, worked as an engineer in the defense industry. It takes one to know one, perhaps.

Meanwhile, the only handicapped person to ever use this toilet will likely be myself, in my old age. I might have to live with my own dictates!

Cheers,
John

 

[Reach4]

You know that flushometers require bigger pipes than most homes run to the bathroom.

 

[Jadnashua]

You MIGHT get by with using one of those IR sensing flush valves...don't know for sure. If it doesn't work, you'd still have to press the override button, so it must be available. But, it would be a rare residence that could support a flushometer. One reason why wall mounted ones tend to be preferred is that it's easier to keep the floor clean - less stuff to try to get around.