Comment by hombre_fatal
1 month ago
Aside, it’s obnoxious how many bathroom doors in public places like restaurants require you to pull the door handle to leave.
It should be pull to enter, push to leave so that you aren’t fouling your washed hands on the poopy door handle.
Even dumber is when they have those foot operated handles to exit. Why is it push to enter, pull to exit at all?
> Why is it push to enter, pull to exit at all?
So that in an emergency your escape route can't be blocked. Also having doors swing out into corridors is bad practice as you're more likely to open it into someone walking past.
Yes and inward swinging is a building code requirement in most jurisdictions per the ICC
https://codes.iccsafe.org/s/IBC2018/chapter-10-means-of-egre...
Good points. Final draft: bathrooms should have full-length saloon / swing doors split down the middle. Now you can push both directions, and the doors won't arc out enough into the hallway to hit someone.