Design Rules🚪 Doors

Main Entrance Door — Min Width (Residential)

Minimum width for the main entry door
See also📖 NBC 2016🔗 IS 4021🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook
1.0
m
1.0 m2.0 mMAIN ENTRANCE — ELEVATION
Primary value1.0 m
Applies toApartment main doors · Single-family house front doors
ExceptionsMin door height2.0 m
Measured asClear opening width — distance between door frame jambs when the door is open at 90°.
SourceNBC 2016Part 4, Clause 4.2
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Why this matters

1.0 m is wide enough to move basic furniture (sofas, beds, refrigerators) in and out of a home. Below this, large appliances become impossible to deliver without disassembly.

Typical practice

Most apartments provide exactly 1.0 m main doors. Premium villas often go to 1.05–1.20 m for a sense of grandness.

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