Door swing into work zones

Description

Door swings should not interfere with appliance opening, work-aisle clearances, or pull-out storage.

Why this exists

Swing-into-work-zone is one of the top resale-killer kitchen complaints; designing it out at plan stage is free.

Categories

Applies to

• Room types: kitchen

Source

Solver enforcement

Browsable only — the solver does not currently enforce this directive (no spec-level data to check against). This entry exists so the architect personas can cite it in conversation and the user can read what the rule says.

Related directives

• Kitchen walkway and work-aisle widths · NKBA Kitchen 6
• Doorway clear width · NKBA Kitchen 1
• Distance between work zones · NKBA Kitchen 3
• Traffic through the work triangle · NKBA Kitchen 4
• Work-aisle width · NKBA Kitchen 5