Design Rules🚪 Doors

Kitchen Door — Min Width

Minimum width for kitchen doors
See also📖 NBC 2016🔗 IS 4021🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook
0.80
m
0.80 m2.0 mKITCHEN — ELEVATION
Primary value0.80 m
Applies toKitchen doors · Pantry doors
ExceptionsDoor height2.0 m min
Measured asClear opening width.
SourceNBC 2016Part 4, Clause 4.2
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Why this matters

0.80 m is wide enough to move a refrigerator or large appliance in and out of the kitchen. It's wider than a bathroom door because of this delivery requirement.

Typical practice

Most apartments use 0.80–0.90 m kitchen doors. Open-plan kitchens (no door) are increasingly common.

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