ADA Compliant Fixtures - ASSE International ADA Cmplint Fxtrs.pdf · ADA Compliant Fixtures Jim Stafford Zurn Engineered Water Solutions May 14 th 2008

ADA Compliant Fixtures

Jim Stafford

Zurn Engineered Water Solutions

May 14th 2008

What do we know about

plumbing fixtures???

Modern toilet invented by a guy

named Sir John Crapper???

Not Exactly

• More than likely, invented in 1592 by Sir

John Harington

• Built one for himself and his Godmother,

Queen Elizabeth I

• Didn’t catch on initially though

• 1700 & 1800’s saw many improvements

and new patents

Thomas Crapper (1836-1910)• Credited with

improving toilet to

what we know today

• Held nine patents

• Inventor of the

Modern bathroom

Show-room

• Sanitary Engineer to

Kings and the Royalty

Harington and Crapper could not

have envisioned what changes the

modern toilet would go through!!!

• ADA Requirements

• Water conservation

requirements

• Society driven

changes

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADA

ADA History• 1990 George H.W. Bush signs ADA into law, but it’s

roots run much deeper

• Disability Rights Movement was born from the Civil

Rights Movement of the 1960’s

• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was first to

address people with disabilities (Viewed them as a class)

• Section 504 applied to recipients of federal funds only

• Did not protect from discrimination by employers, by

public accommodations in the privates sector, by publicly

funded programs and by those actually providing federal

financial assistance

ADA History (Cont’d)• ADA addressed areas not covered by Section 504

• Underlying principle was to extend rights of minorities and women to people with disabilities

• ADA defines an individual with a disability as, “a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment”

• Before ADA, no law prohibited private sector discrimination against people with disabilities

• 1988 – The first version of ADA introduced in Congress

ADA History (Cont’d)

• 2004 revision that includes dimensions for

children is currently pending approval

• Standards must go through “public comment

period” before being included into Act

• Businesses found to not be in compliance may

be fined or sued

Four Titles of ADA

• Title I – Employment Provisions

• Title II - State & Local Governments

• Title III - Public Accommodations

• Title IV - Telecommunication Relay

Services

Title I: Employment Provisions

• Requires employers with 15 or more

employees to provide qualified individuals

with disabilities an equal opportunity to

benefit from the full range of employment-

related opportunities available to others

Title II: State & Local Governments

• Covers all activities of State and local

governments regardless of the

government entity’s size or receipt of

Federal funding.

• Requires that State and local governments

give people with disabilities an equal

opportunity to benefit from all of their

programs, services, and activities.

Title III: Public Accommodations

• Public accommodations are private entities that

own, lease, lease to, or operate facilities such as

restaurants, stores, hotels, etc.

• Covers businesses and nonprofit service

providers that are public accommodations,

privately operated entities offering certain types

of courses and examinations, privately operated

transportation, and commercial facilities.

Title IV: Telecommunication Relay Services

• Addresses telephone and television access for people with hearing and speech disabilities.

• Requires common carriers (telephone Co.) to establish interstate and intrastate telecommunications relay services (TRS) 24/7.

• Requires closed captioning of all Federally funded public service announcements

ADA Fixture Dimensions

Per ANSI A117.1-2003

ADA Compliant Water Closets

ADA Compliant Urinals

Lavatories and Sinks

Lavs and Sinks-Toe Clearance

Lavs and Sinks-Knee Clearance

Children’s ADA Water Closets

Children’s ADA Urinals

Children’s ADA Lavatories and Sinks

ADA Hand Showers

Trap Protectors

Operational Parts

• Faucet Handles

• Flush Valves

• Metering Faucets

• Etc.

Sensor Faucets

• No manual parts to

operate

• Tempered water

reduces risk of

scalding

• Positive on/off for

maximum water

savings

Sensor Products

Water Conserving ADAFixtures

ADA High Efficiency Toilets

ADA High Efficiency Urinals

Bariatric Fixtures• The next generation of ADA???

• 127 Million people in USA considered

overweight, half of these considered obese

• 9 Million considered extremely obese or bariatic

patients

• Studies show obese people require more health

care than those of average weight

• Boom in gastric bypass, stomach reduction, and

banding operations

Floor Mounted

• Extra-Elongated rim bowl for

additional space in the front

• Extra-Wide ergonomic seat

included. Large seat area for

comfort

• 150 % more sitting area

• Extra-Wide base with reinforced

structure

• Ceramic tested to 2000 pound

loads

• ADA Compliant

Wall Mounted Bariatric• 750 lb or 1000 lb

Rated Systems

• Self-centering, non-

shift seat design

• Standard drop area

with wider seat

• Extra Heavy Duty

Carrier system

required

Questions???

Thank you

Links to ADA Information

• www.ada.gov

• www.zurn.com

• www.dredf.org