What height should a hand dryer be installed at?

Electric hand dryers now come in lots of shapes and sizes but is there a definitive guide to the height at which they should be installed?

In short, there isn't a regulatory height that hand dryers must be installed and you can put them at the height that works within any given washroom configuration, that said, there are guidelines as to the appropriate heights. The guideline heights below are for 'hands under' hand dryers like the examples in the pictures where the airflow comes out of an outlet underneath the unit. Different height recommendations are made for male, female, children of different ages and wheelchair users.

'Hands under' dryers example

For 'hands under' hand dryers including conventional warm air designs like the Ultradry pro or modern high speed, ecodryers like the Dryflow Turboforce junior plus the following heights apply. these should be measured from the air outlet at the bottom of the dryer to the floor:

Men’s washrooms - 1170 mm
Women’s washrooms - 1120 mm
Children’s washrooms, ages 4-7 - 810 mm
Children’s washrooms, ages 7-10 - 910 mm
Children’s washrooms, ages 10-13 - 1020 mm
Children’s washrooms, ages 13-17 - 1120 mm
Disabled Mounting Height - 940mm

'Hand under' Blade hand dryer examples:

For 'blade' hands under hand dryers such as the Vapordri (pictured on the left), the mitsubishi jet towel slim or the Dyson Airblade ab14 the following heights are recommended:

Align the top of the hand dryer above the floor to:

Male - 1050 mm
Female - 975 mm
Child/Disabled - 875 mm

It is worth consulting the manufaturers installation guide in case any clearnace is needed for the water trays at the bottom or to the side of the unit. Another consideration that you need to make is the distance the from water supplies, for this you will need to consider the IP rating of the product, this dictates the distance.

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Please find a link below to the Dyson Airblade ab14 installation manual, as one of the best selling products we thought many might find this useful.