Ramp dimensions
Every New Zealand regulation's sizes for a ramp, 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
- F4/AS1Third Edition Amendment 21 Jan 2017
- Kāinga Ora v2.1
| Building Code and standards | Client | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1/AS1 | NZS 4121 | C/AS1 | C/AS2 | F4/AS1 | Kāinga Ora | ||
| Slope | |||||||
| A | Slope | ≤1:12 | ≤1:12 | ||||
| accessible | ≤1:12 | ||||||
| common, gets wet | ≤1:10 | ||||||
| common, dry | ≤1:8 | ||||||
| service | ≤1:3 | ||||||
| Cross fall | ≤1:50 | ≤1:50 | |||||
| Width | |||||||
| B | Clear width | ≥1200 | ≥1200 | ≥700 | ≥850 | ||
| exitway | ≥1000 | ||||||
| hospital exitway | ≥1200 | ||||||
| Landings | |||||||
| C | Rise between landings | ≤760 | |||||
| accessible, past 1:33 | ≤750 | ||||||
| other, past 1:33 | ≤1500 | ||||||
| D | Run between landings | ≤9000 | |||||
| E | Landing length | ≥1200 | ≥1200 | ||||
| accessible | ≥1200 | ||||||
| other, or width if less | ≥900 | ||||||
| F | Clear area at the foot | ≥1200 | |||||
| Edges and handrails | |||||||
| G | Upstand, open side | ≥75 | ≥75 | ||||
| or an edge rail, under | ≤75 | ||||||
| H | Handrail height | 900–1000 | 840–900 | 900 | |||
| from the wall | 50–60 | ||||||
| clear above it | ≥100 | ||||||
| its size | 32–45 | ||||||
| into the width | ≤100 | ≤100 | ≤100 | ||||
| I | Handrail past each end | ≥300 | ≥300 | ||||
| Kerb, step and threshold ramps | |||||||
| Kerb ramp, slope | ≤1:8 | ≤1:8 | |||||
| length | ≤1500 | ||||||
| width | ≥1000 | ||||||
| clear at its top | ≥800 | ||||||
| cross fall leading to it | ≤1:20 | ||||||
| Step ramp, slope | ≤1:8 | ||||||
| length | ≤1520 | ||||||
| Threshold ramp, slope | ≤1:8 | ||||||
| going | ≤450 | ||||||
| Barrier | |||||||
| J | Barrier, over a 1 m fall | ≥900 | |||||
| gap, homes or under-6s | <100 | ||||||
| no under-6s, between rails | ≤460 | ||||||