ASTM F1637-07
(Practice)Standard Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
Standard Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice addresses elements along and in walkways including floors and walkway surfaces, sidewalks, short flight stairs, gratings, wheel stops, and speed bumps. Swimming pools, bath tubs, showers, natural walks, and unimproved paths are beyond the scope of this practice.
SCOPE
1.1This practice covers design and construction guidelines and minimum maintenance criteria for new and existing buildings and structures. This practice is intended to provide reasonably safe walking surfaces for pedestrians wearing ordinary footwear. These guidelines may not be adequate for those with certain mobility impairments.
1.2 Conformance with this practice will not alleviate all hazards; however, conformance will reduce certain pedestrian risks.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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An American National Standard
Designation: F 1637 – 07
Standard Practice for
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Safe Walking Surfaces
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1637; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.6 Foreseeable pedestrian path,
3.1.7 Footwear,
1.1 This practice covers design and construction guidelines
3.1.8 Planar,
and minimum maintenance criteria for new and existing
3.1.9 Ramp,
buildings and structures. This practice is intended to provide
3.1.10 Sidewalk,
reasonably safe walking surfaces for pedestrians wearing
3.1.11 Slip resistance,
ordinary footwear. These guidelines may not be adequate for
3.1.12 Slip resistant,
those with certain mobility impairments.
3.1.13 Walkway surface hardware, and
1.2 Conformance with this practice will not alleviate all
3.1.14 Walkway.
hazards; however, conformance will reduce certain pedestrian
risks.
4. Significance and Use
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
4.1 This practice addresses elements along and in walkways
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
including floors and walkway surfaces, sidewalks, short flight
information only.
stairs, gratings, wheel stops, and speed bumps. Swimming
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
pools,bathtubs,showers,naturalwalks,andunimprovedpaths
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
are beyond the scope of this practice.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5. Walkway Surfaces
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5.1 General:
2. Referenced Documents 5.1.1 Walkways shall be stable, planar, flush, and even to
2 the extent possible.Where walkways cannot be made flush and
2.1 ASTM Standards:
even, they shall conform to the requirements of 5.2 and 5.3.
F 1646 Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for
5.1.2 Walkway surfaces for pedestrians shall be capable of
Footwear
safely sustaining intended loads.
2.2 ANSI Standard:
3 5.1.3 Walkway surfaces shall be slip resistant under ex-
ANSI-Z535.1 Safety Color Coding
pected environmental conditions and use. Painted walkways
3. Terminology shallcontainanabrasiveadditive,crosscutgrooving,texturing
or other appropriate means to render the surface slip resistant
3.1 SeeTerminology F 1646 for the following terms used in
where wet conditions may be reasonably foreseeable.
this practice:
5.1.4 Interior walkways that are not slip resistant when wet
3.1.1 Bollard,
shall be maintained dry during periods of pedestrian use.
3.1.2 Carpet,
5.2 Walkway Changes in Level:
3.1.3 Cross slope,
5.2.1 Adjoining walkway surfaces shall be made flush and
3.1.4 Element,
fair, whenever possible and for new construction and existing
3.1.5 Fair,
facilities to the extent practicable.
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5.2.2 Changes in levels of less than ⁄4 in. (6 mm) in height
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F13 on Pedestrian/
may be without edge treatment. (See Fig. 1.)
Walkway Safety and Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
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5.2.3 Changesinlevelsbetween ⁄4and ⁄2in.(6and12mm)
F13.50 on Walkway Surfaces.
shall be beveled with a slope no greater than 1:2 (rise:run).
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2007. Published December 2007. Originally
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approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as F 1637 – 02 .
5.2.4 Changes in levels greater than ⁄2 in. (12 mm) shall be
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transitioned by means of a ramp or stairway that complies with
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applicable building codes, regulations, standards, or ordi-
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the ASTM website. nances, or all of these.
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provided above all parts of the walkway.Where such clearance
is not provided in existing structures, the low clearance
portions of the walkway shall be safely padded, marked with
safety contrast color coding (for example, see ANSI-Z535.1)
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and posted with appropriate warning signs.
FIG. 1 Changes in Levels of Less Than ⁄4 in.(6mm)
5.7 Exterior Walkways:
5.3 Carpet:
5.7.1 Exterior walkways shall be maintained so as to pro-
5.3.1 Carpet shall be ma
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An American National Standard
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Designation:F1637–02 Designation: F 1637 – 07
Standard Practice for
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Safe Walking Surfaces
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1637; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—Per Committee F13 Bylaws, editorially replaced term definitions with reference to Terminology F1646 in January
2004.
1. Scope
1.1Scope—This1.1 This practice covers design and construction guidelines and minimum maintenance criteria for new and
existing buildings and structures. This practice is intended to provide reasonably safe walking surfaces for pedestrians wearing
ordinary footwear. These guidelines may not be adequate for those with certain mobility impairments.
1.2 Conformance with this practice will not alleviate all hazards; however, conformance will reduce certain pedestrian risks.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
information only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F 1646 Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear
2.2 ANSI Standard:
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ANSI-Z535.1 Safety Color Coding
3. Terminology
3.1 See Terminology F 1646 for the following terms used in this practice:
3.1.1 Bollard,
3.1.2 Carpet,
3.1.3 Cross slope,
3.1.4 Element,
3.1.5 Fair,
3.1.6 Foreseeable pedestrian path,
3.1.7 Footwear,
3.1.8 Planar,
3.1.9 Ramp,
3.1.10 Sidewalk,
3.1.11 Slip resistance,
3.1.12 Slip resistant,
3.1.13 Walkway surface hardware, and
3.1.14 Walkway.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 This practice addresses elements along and in walkways including floors and walkway surfaces, sidewalks, short flight
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F13 on Safety andTraction for Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F13.50 onTraction.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originally published as F1637–95. Last previous edition F1637–95.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F13 on Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F13.50
on Walkway Surfaces.
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Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2007. Published December 2007. Originally approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as F 1637 – 02 .
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For AnnualBookofASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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stairs, gratings, wheel stops, and speed bumps. Swimming pools, bath tubs, showers, natural walks, and unimproved paths are
beyond the scope of this practice.
5. Walkway Surfaces
5.1 General:
5.1.1 Walkways shall be stable, planar, flush, and even to the extent possible. Where walkways cannot be made flush and even,
they shall conform to the requirements of 5.2 and 5.3.
5.1.2 Walkway surfaces for pedestrians shall be capable of safely sustaining intended loads.
5.1.3 Walkwaysurfacesshallbeslipresistantunderexpectedenvironmentalconditionsanduse.Paintedwalkwaysshallcontain
an abrasive additive, cross cut grooving, texturing or other appropriate means to render the surface slip resistant where wet
conditions may be reasonably foreseeable.
5.1.4 Interior walkways that are not slip resistant when wet shall be maintained dry during periods of pedestrian use.
5.2 Walkway Changes in Level:
5.2.1 Adjoining walkway surfaces shall be made flush and fair, whenever possible and for new construction and existing
facilities to the extent practicable.
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5.2.2 Changes in levels of less than ⁄4 in. (6 mm) in height may be without edge treatment. (See Fig. 1.)
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5.2.3 Changes in levels between ⁄4 and ⁄2 in.
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