Door dimensions
Every New Zealand regulation's sizes for a door, side by side. Millimetres unless marked.
- D1/AS1Second Edition Amendment 61 Jan 2017
- NZS 4121:2001
- C/AS1Second Edition Amendment 128 Jul 2025
- C/AS2Second Edition28 Jul 2025
- G4/AS1Fifth Edition28 Jul 2025
- E2/AS1Fourth Edition28 Jul 2025
- AS/NZS 5601.1:2013
- Kāinga Ora v2.1
- Lifemark v2
| Building Code and standards | Client and rating | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1/AS1 | NZS 4121 | C/AS1 | C/AS2 | E2/AS1 | G4/AS1 | AS/NZS 5601 | Kāinga Ora | Lifemark | ||
| Opening | ||||||||||
| A | Clear opening | ≥760 | ≥760 | ≥600 | ≥600 | ≥810 | ≥810 | |||
| accessible route | ≥760 | |||||||||
| exitway | ≥875 | |||||||||
| hospital exitway | ≥950 | |||||||||
| hospital stair exitway | ≥1200 | |||||||||
| beds wheeled through | ≥950 | |||||||||
| upper floor | ≥760 | |||||||||
| B | Door leaf | ≥860 | ||||||||
| upper floor | ≥810 | |||||||||
| main entry | ≥860 | ≥860 | ||||||||
| Double door, each leaf | ≥500 | ≥500 | ||||||||
| Double door, one leaf open | ≥760 | |||||||||
| C | Clear height | ≥1955 | ≥1955 | |||||||
| Opens | ≥90° | ≥90° | ||||||||
| Hardware | ||||||||||
| D | Handle height | 900–1200 | 900–1200 | 1000 | 900–1200 | |||||
| main entry | 1200 | |||||||||
| E | Wall beside the handle | ≥300 | ≥300 | ≥300 | ||||||
| Opening force | ≤22 N | |||||||||
| exterior door | ≤38 N | |||||||||
| fire door, release latch | ≤67 N | |||||||||
| fire door, set moving | ≤133 N | |||||||||
| fire door, open fully | ≤67 N | |||||||||
| Vision panel width | ≥150 | |||||||||
| from the closing edge | ≤200 | |||||||||
| Door viewer, main entry | 1500 | |||||||||
| Threshold and outside | ||||||||||
| F | Threshold upstand | ≤20 | ≤20 | ≤20 | ||||||
| level access | <20 | |||||||||
| G | Step down outside | |||||||||
| slab to paving | ≥150 | |||||||||
| slab to ground | ≥225 | |||||||||
| slab to paving, veneer | ≥100 | |||||||||
| slab to ground, veneer | ≥150 | |||||||||
| enclosed deck | ≥100 | |||||||||
| cantilevered slatted deck | ≥50 | |||||||||
| slatted deck | ≥0 | |||||||||
| main entry | ≤180 | |||||||||
| Deck from the wall | ≥12 | |||||||||
| Level threshold channel | ||||||||||
| width | ≥200 | |||||||||
| depth | ≥150 | |||||||||
| length | ≤3700 | |||||||||
| fall along it | ≥1:200 | |||||||||
| grating from the frame | ≥12 | |||||||||
| paving falling away | ≥1:40 | |||||||||
| paving fall, for | ≥1000 | |||||||||
| Door frame | ||||||||||
| width | ≤6000 | |||||||||
| area | ≤16 m² | |||||||||
| Around the door | ||||||||||
| H | Level space outside | ≥1200 | ≥1200 | ≥1200 | ||||||
| I | Landing beyond the swing | |||||||||
| at a stair | ≥400 | ≥400 | ||||||||
| at a ramp | ≥1200 | |||||||||
| Two doors in a row | ≥1200 | |||||||||
| one swinging into it | ≥1200 + leaf | |||||||||
| Open door into an exitway | ≤125 | |||||||||
| Undercut, wet room door | ≥20 | |||||||||
| From LPG bottles | ||||||||||