A lot of people believe this has to do with privacy but for the most part it s not really related to that.
Usa bathroom stall gap.
Well done minneapolis airport.
Sometimes these stalls are so shoddily constructed that there is a gap at the edge of the door through which a toilet sitter and someone outside the stall can make eye contact.
A huge gap is not absolutely necessary but if there is no big gap the toilet stall has to be wider.
Buzzfeed asks why bathroom stall doors in american public restrooms have such wide gaps around their doors allowing you to make eye contact with the occupants.
10 06 am 03 aug 2014.
Omg first time i ve ever found a us toilet stall with no gap on either side of the door.
You can hose down or even powerwash a restroom that has partitions with gaps at the bottom because the water has somewhere to run even if there s not a drain in a given stall.
Take a wheelcheer and roll into a restroom.
With a gap your toes can pass under the gap.
You do so many things well.
To turn around your footrest has to be able to move.
By having a gap at the bottom bathroom partitions are much easier to clean as is the whole restroom.