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Wall cabinet above ADA toilet?

1. If the wall cabinet is only for the use of qualified maintenance folks and not for public access.
2. if the cabinet is secured so it cannot be opened by anyone else but the qualified maintenance person.
3. if you can locate it so it provides vertical clearance above the back wall toilet grab bar.
4. if you can make sure it is not a protruding object (the toilet will act as a detectable warning).
5. if you can call the DOJ ADA technical assistance line and ask them or some one at TA the US Access Board (USAB is better at looking at speaking to caviates to the code and they wrote it for DOJ) and they say its ok.
 
Consider that the head of a tall seated person may be higher than 48" ( btwn 27 & 80") and within > 4" of the rear wall if on a tankless WC even if the 12" projecting storage is locked.
 
Post #4 said tank toilets. I think it would meet the intent of ADA if it didn't extend out farther than the tank and was the required distance above the grab bar.
 
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