Design Rules🚪 Doors

Bedroom / Habitable Room Door — Min Width

Minimum width for internal habitable room doors
See also📖 NBC 2016🔗 IS 4021🔗 IS 4963🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook
0.90
m
0.90 m2.0 mBEDROOM DOOR — ELEVATION
Primary value0.90 m
Applies toBedrooms · Living rooms · Dining rooms · Study rooms
ExceptionsDoor height2.0 m min
Measured asClear opening width with door at 90°.
SourceNBC 2016Part 4, Clause 4.2
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Why this matters

0.9 m allows a single bed (typically 0.9-1.0 m wide) to be carried in flat, and lets two people pass when the door is open. It's the universal standard for habitable room doors.

Typical practice

Almost every Indian residential project uses 0.9 m bedroom doors. Wider 1.0 m doors are sometimes used for accessibility.

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