Design Rules🚪 Doors

Bathroom / WC Door — Min Width

Minimum width for bathroom and WC doors
See also📖 NBC 2016🔗 IS 4021🔗 IS 4963🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook
0.75
m
0.75 m2.0 mBATHROOM / WC — ELEVATION
Primary value0.75 m
Applies toBathroom doors · WC doors · Powder room doors
ExceptionsDoor height2.0 m min
Accessible bathrooms0.90 m clear opening
Measured asClear opening width.
SourceNBC 2016Part 4, Clause 4.2
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Why this matters

0.75 m is the smallest door an adult can enter without turning sideways. Bathroom doors can be narrower than habitable rooms because no large furniture moves in or out.

Typical practice

Most Indian apartments use 0.75–0.80 m bathroom doors. Accessible bathrooms require 0.9 m clear opening per IS 4963.

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