Toilet or sanitary room doors shall comply with B-5.3. The toilet door shall either be an outward opening door or two way opening door or a sliding type and shall provide an unobstructed and clear opening width of at least 900 mm; it shall be easy to open and close. There should be no openings under or above the door that compromises on privacy. Doors should be positioned so as not to constitute a hazard.
The toilet door shall be provided with a horizontal pull-bar, at least 600 mm long, on the inside of the door, located so that it is 130 mm from the hinged side of the door and at a height of 900 mm to 1 000 mm. A horizontal pull handle on the inside of the outward opening doors shall be provided at a height of 700 mm above the floor. The door shall be capable of being locked from the inside by a device that is operable by one hand, activated by a force not more than 22 N and which does not require fine finger control, tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist.