Vanity not blocked by door swing
FIX-VANITY-DOOR-01Description
Vanities should NOT sit on the same wall as the bathroom door. The door arc would strike the vanity (or a user standing at it) when opened.
Why this exists
The bathroom door's swing arc must clear the vanity drawers. Nothing kills a bathroom faster than drawers you can't open without closing the door.
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Solver enforcement
The constraint solver runs check function fix-vanity-door-01 as a soft constraint with weight 5.
Backed by research
The bathroom door's swing arc must clear the vanity drawers — drawers blocked by a closed door make the bathroom unusable.
Association (2024), NKBA — Guideline 8 — view source ↗
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Plan symbols this applies to
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Related directives
- Bathroom entry doorway · NKBA Bath 1
- Doorway swing clearance · NKBA Bath 2
- Clear floor space at fixtures · NKBA Bath 3
- Fixture clear-space overlap · NKBA Bath 4
- Toilet centerline + front (detailed) · NKBA Bath 5
Last reviewed 2026-05-09.