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Specify the one-piece face.

Download Section 10 14 00, fill the project name and finishes, and use the typical mounting details. Made in America.

Spec writer

The full guide specification stays on the CSI page. This writer drops the project name and the selected finishes into a PDF or a DOCX you can edit.

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Michael answers questions about finish, thickness, and how to keep substitutions from matching only the look of a raised letter.

What you can ask for

  • A finish recommendation against the sign schedule.
  • Confirmation that the face is one piece, with domed Grade 2 braille formed in it.
  • Interior and exterior use of the molded acrylic. Ask separately before writing photoluminescent into an exterior location.
  • 1/2 inch faces, and thicknesses up to 1 inch. Panels up to 24 by 36 inches, with larger custom sizes available.

What holds up in the spec

There is no resin layer to delaminate, no applied letter to peel, and no raster bead to pop out. Write the construction that way, and a substitution has to match the construction.

Section 10 14 00 is the specification to edit for a project manual. Material data, the warranty, and the ADA dimensional reference sit beside it.

Typical ADA mounting details

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Typical details generated from the published ADA tables. Confirm with the adopted code.

Typical mounting heightTactile baseline between 48 and 60 inches above the finish floor.60 in maximum48 in minimumFinish floorBaseline of tactile characters
Typical detail, §703.4.1. Mount the tactile baseline between 48 and 60 inches above the finish floor.
Typical door location and clear floorSign on the latch side, with an 18 by 18 inch clear floor space outside the door swing.Sign, latch side18 × 18 in clear floorDoor swing shown to 45 degrees. Keep the clear floor outside that arc.
Typical detail, §703.4.2. Latch side at a single door. 18 by 18 inch clear floor, centered on the tactile characters.