Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal operation are permitted at any height.
Ground floor stairwell door hardware requirements.
The term stairwell reentry refers to the code requirements that allow a building occupant to leave a stairwell during a fire emergency and find another exit.
34 inches 864 mm minimum and 48 inches 1219 mm maximum above the finished floor.
The term stairwell re entry refers to the code requirements which let a building occupant leave a stairwell during a fire emergency and find another exit.
With proper attention and education tragedies like the death of six people in the stairwell of chicago s cook county administration building 2003 may be averted.
They do not apply if a door has push pull hardware and no lock or latch.
56 doors hardware september 2011 tairwell doors are often locked on the stair side to prevent unauthorized entry into tenant spaces.
This code requirement is a no brainer.
The door that connects any room to an exit route must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is designed to be occupied by more than 50 people or if the room is a high hazard area i e contains contents that are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or explode.
General smoke alarm requirements include one alarm in every sleeping area and one located in the path of the means of egress from a sleeping area to the door leading from that sleeping area a smoke alarm is also typically required at each floor level and in new construction it must receive primary power from the building s electrical.
If stairwell doors do.
The requirements in this section place the door hardware at a level that is usable by most people including a person using a wheelchair.
Stairwell reentry is an important feature of life safety and the requirements are often misunderstood or stair doors modified after the building is completed.
865 mm above the finish floor or ground projections into the clear opening width between 34 inches 865 mm and 80 inches 2030 mm above the finish floor or ground shall not exceed 4 inches 100 mm ada 404 2 5 thresholds thresholds if provided at doorways shall be inch 13 mm high maximum icc a117 1 404 2 6 door hardware.