Robert
Registered User
Existing small bakery has an interior ramp sloping down 4" (1:12) to the entry doors (they are outswing)....there is no landing at the interior side of the doors. There are many of these (older buildings) where the floor is 4"-6" above the sidewalk, and this interior ramp solution is somewhat common (rather than warping the sidewalk). We are doing some improvements to the building (in CA) and I need to address this if it is not compliant......at least spend 20% on it. If I extend the interior ramp (to allow for a 5' landing at the doors) they would lose much of their bakery counter/point of sale space and the extended ramp would cutoff a seating area. Would adding a power door operator suffice instead of losing the interior floor space to a longer ramp and landing? It seems if someone can open the doors using a power operator from the inside, the space in front of the open doors (sidewalk) now becomes the bottom landing. Thanks.