34 Pa. Code § 41.32 - Construction
(a)
Location. Toilet rooms shall not be located more than one
floor above or below the regular place of work of the person or persons for
whose use they are provided, except in those buildings where a sufficient
number of passenger elevators are provided and their use permitted to employes
at all times. No toilet room shall come into direct contact with any room in
which food products are manufactured or in which unwrapped food products are
prepared, stored, handled, or sold, unless separated by a vestibule with doors.
The doors of both the toilet room and the vestibule shall be provided with
effective self-closing devices.
(b)
Partitions for separate facilities. Partitions separating
toilet rooms provided for the opposite sexes, shall be soundproof and
constructed of material which is not transparent or translucent; no opening in
the partitions shall be permitted.
(c)
Outside partitions. The
outside partitions of all toilet rooms shall be of solid construction or of
glass set in suitable frames. If glass is used, it shall be opaque or
translucent but not transparent. The partitions shall either extend from floor
to ceiling or such rooms shall be independently ceiled over, except in the case
of roof truss construction.
(d)
Walls and ceilings. The walls and ceilings of all toilet rooms
shall be of a substance that may be readily cleaned.
(e)
Doors. The door of
every toilet room shall be fitted with an effective self-closing
device.
(f)
Screening of
entrance. The entrance to a toilet room shall be provided with a
vestibule or screen, unless such toilet rooms contain only one toilet and the
door to the room may be locked on the inside.
(g)
Lighting. Each toilet
room where adequate natural light is not available shall be artificially
lighted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 27 (relating to
lighting) issued by the Department, and the approach thereto shall be kept well
lighted and free from obstruction at all times.
(h)
Ventilation. Exhaust
fans shall discharge to the outside air so as not to cause offense to the
occupants of the building or create a nuisance in the neighborhood. Whenever
any air shaft used for ventilating toilet rooms is covered by a skylight, the
net area of openings in the skylight shall be at least equal to the cross
sectional area of the air shaft.
Notes
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