I'm interested to see where zoning laws permit this kind of stuff.

quickthrowman 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My state does not require a door on a guest bathroom in a hotel. A bathroom serving employees and the public in a hotel is required to have a self-closing door, but the law does not say anything about doors on guest only bathrooms.

I couldn’t find anything in the International Building Code about bathroom doors aside from minimum opening width, but I don’t have access to the full code. I’d have to ask an architect or GC to verify.

> 4625.1200 TOILET REQUIREMENTS.

> Every hotel, motel, and lodging house shall be equipped with adequate and conveniently located water closets for the accommodation of its employees and guests. Water closets, lavatories, and bathtubs or showers shall be available on each floor when not provided in each individual room. Toilet, lavatory, and bath facilities shall be provided in the ratio of one toilet and one lavatory for every ten occupants, or fraction thereof, and one bathtub or shower for every 20 occupants, or fraction thereof. Toilet rooms shall be well ventilated by natural or mechanical methods. The doors of all toilet rooms serving the public and employees shall be self-closing. Toilets and bathrooms shall be kept clean and in good repair and shall be well lighted and ventilated. Hand-washing signs shall be posted in each toilet room used by employees. Every resort shall be equipped with adequate and convenient toilet facilities for its employees and guests. If privies are provided they shall be separate buildings and shall be constructed, equipped, and maintained in conformity with the standards of the commissioner and shall be kept clean.

> https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/4625.1200/

	▲	toast0 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A water closet is just water shelving without a door.

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ghaff 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not sure why it would be a zoning thing.

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mothballed 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Zoning does a lot of weird things. My zoning laws require me to put immediate hot water at every faucet. there is no code requiring it. There is zero safety issue.

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quickthrowman 10 hours ago | parent [-]

It sounds like your local AHJ has adopted additional requirements above and beyond the Uniform Plumbing Code, this isn’t out of the ordinary but that seems excessive when a hot water recirculation pump on a time-of-day timer would be far more cost effective, it’s a $200 pump and an extra 20 feet of water supply line.

Does someone in local government own a plumbing contractor or plumbing supply company? That’d be my guess anyways.

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mothballed 10 hours ago | parent [-]

There's actually no plumbing code (checks) for my house. I could drop my poop right out the back of the house and pull my water through lead pipes from a mosquito swamp into my sink. As long as it is immediately heated it is fine. It is literally the only requirement.

My permit explicitly says they will check absolutely nothing but how far the house is from the property line and that I have immediate hot water.

	▲	quickthrowman 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Haha that’s crazy, there has to be someone with a financial interest in instant hot water heaters making bank from that. If it was conservation they’d mandate ultra low flow toilets and other water saving measures. Is this a township or similar level of government?

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rz2k 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Likely for the same reason that fans are often a building code requirement.

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ghaff 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Is that actually common? My house has no built-in fans much less AC.

	▲	dreamcompiler 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In my state every bathroom in a private home is required to have an exhaust fan or an openable window.