NOTE: This guide specification covers the requirements for toilet accessories suitable for a wide variety of applications.

Comments and suggestions on this guide specification are welcome and should be directed to the technical proponent of the specification. A listing of technical proponents, including their organization designation and telephone number, is on the Internet.

Recommended changes to a UFGS should be submitted as a Criteria Change Request (CCR).

Use of electronic communication is encouraged.

This guide specification includes tailoring options for paper towel dispenser, combo towel dispenser/waste recept, and electric hand dryer. Selection or deselection of a tailoring option will include or exclude that option in the section, but editing the resulting section to fit the project is still required.

Brackets are used in the text to indicate designer choices or locations where text must be supplied by the designer.

NOTE: For Army construction, buildings not excluded by the TI 800-01 Design Criteria will be accessible in accordance with 36 CFR, Part 1191, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities.

Drawings will indicate location, dimensions, elevations, schedules, details, and such other information as required to indicate the extent of the work.

Product selections shall be based on esthetic values and cost as related to project needs.

NOTE: This paragraph is used to list the publications cited in the text of the guide specification. The publications are referred to in the text by basic designation only and listed in this paragraph by organization, designation, date, and title.

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References not used in the text will automatically be deleted from this section of the project specification when you choose to reconcile references in the publish print process.

NOTE: Review Submittal Description (SD) definitions in Section 01330 SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES and edit the following list to reflect only the submittals required for the project. Submittals should be kept to the minimum required for adequate quality control.

A “G” following a submittal item indicates that the submittal requires Government approval. Some submittals are already marked with a “G”. Only delete an existing “G” if the submittal item is not complex and can be reviewed through the Contractor’s Quality Control system. Only add a “G” if the submittal is sufficiently important or complex in context of the project.

For submittals requiring Government approval on Army projects, a code of up to three characters within the submittal tags may be used following the "G" designation to indicate the approving authority. Codes for Army projects using the Resident Management System (RMS) are: "AE" for Architect-Engineer; "DO" for District Office (Engineering Division or other organization in the District Office); "AO" for Area Office; "RO" for Resident Office; and "PO" for Project Office. Codes following the "G" typically are not used for Navy, Air Force, and NASA projects.

Choose the first bracketed item for Navy, Air Force and NASA projects, or choose the second bracketed item for Army projects.

NOTE: Only those accessories and finishes normally suitable for military construction are included in this guide specification. When other accessories and finishes are required to meet the needs of the project, the specifier must add them. Maximum use should be made of recessed accessories in areas of hard usage.

NOTE: Tamperproof fasteners will be specified for accessories which have exposed fasteners in areas used by neuropsychiatric patients or prisoners and where theft or vandalism would be a problem. This guide specification places the responsibility with the Contractor for providing, subject to Government approval, fasteners and anchors of the type, size and number required to adequately secure the accessory items. Specific requirements for critical or unusual applications may refer to details on the drawings, or the specifications may be expanded to include the necessary requirements.

NOTE: Drawings will show location, widths and heights, and vertical height above finished floor, as required, for accessory items.

Only those accessory items to be used will be retained. Identifying abbreviation in parentheses will be retained for those items to be used and shown on the drawings. The various accessory items will generally be used in the following locations:

DCS: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings in accordance with the requirements of the using service.

FTD: Private bathrooms used by women. Private/semi-private bathrooms in guest/transient quarters. Limit to one per bathroom.

GB: Bathrooms that will be used by handicapped or people in a weakened condition, such as in hospitals. Vertical grab bars should be considered in private bathrooms where a soap and grab bar combination (SGR) accessory is not provided. Forms and lengths will be shown on the drawings.

MC: Private bathrooms where storage of personal items in the bathroom is desirable. Limit to one per bathroom.

MG: Private bathrooms where a medicine cabinet is not provided, in general-use toilets, and hand washing areas. Mirror 450 mm 18 inches by 750 mm 30 inches will be specified in Section 08805S GLASS AND GLAZING. Limit to not more than one per lavatory. Adjustable tilt mirror will be provided in areas to be used by wheelchair handicapped.

MM: Areas used by neuropsychiatric patients or prisoners and where vandalism would be a problem. Limit to one per toilet in single lavatory installation.

SND: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings used by women. Disposer will be mounted in the toilet compartments. Each toilet compartment shall be accessible to a disposal unit.

SNTD: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings used by women. Use of recessed units will be considered for installations which are required to present an excellent appearance. Limit to one per toilet.

SC & SCR: Installations with combination bathtub and shower SCR units which include rails and curtains. One per shower-tub installation and one per individual shower installation.

SD: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings unless included with paper towel dispenser. Limit to one per lavatory.

SH: Private toilets with lavatory unless soap dispenser is specified. Limit to one per private toilet.

SMHD: Troop facilities and other areas subject to rough usage. Installation will be detailed on the drawings.

SMLD: Private bathrooms where a glass shelf or medicine cabinet is not provided.

SGR: Installations with bathtub or shower. Limit to one per bathtub or shower-tub installation and one per separate showerhead.

TB: Private bathrooms. Limit to two per bathroom. For safety purposes in wet areas consider using a horizontal grab bar in lieu of towel bar.

TSCD: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings in accordance with the requirements of the using service.

TP: Private bathrooms where a shower is provided in lieu of a bathtub. Limit to one per bathroom.

TTD: All toilet areas. Limit to one per water closet.

TTH: Private bathrooms. Limit to one per lavatory.

WR: Public toilets and toilets in nondomiciliary type buildings when requested by the using service. Limit to not more than one per two paper towel dispensers. Use of recessed combination units will be considered for installations which have frequent scheduled trash removal service.

NOTE: Mounting height of mirror shall be shown on the drawings.

NOTE: Specify sanitary napkin and tampon dispensers only when they are specifically requested, in writing, by the Using Agency.

NOTE: Powdered soap dispenser should be included for a shop or industrial area. Edit to meet project requirements.

NOTE: Where rough usage is anticipated, shelf support brackets and through-bolting of accessories should be required and indicated on the project drawings.

NOTE: Locks are typically provided on recessed and semi-recessed receptacles.

NOTE: Omit requirement for integral dispenser for sanitary liners if not required.

NOTE: Shelf support brackets and through-bolting of accessories should be required and indicated on the project drawings when rough usage of accessories is anticipated. Attachment by through-bolting should be indicated for shelf brackets and mirrors.

NOTE: A schedule of the accessories required will be added. Format for the schedule may be modified to suit local preference. In some cases it may be adequate to simply show the locations on the drawings or to specify locations in the specification text.