Cristy Bickel
Registered User
Under IBC 2015: I have a rated interior exit stairway in a 3 story building that does not exit directly to the exterior of the building. Per Exit Discharge 1028.1 exception 1, if I have a sprinklered building and a free and unobstructed path to the exit, I can do this.
My question however is related to the maximum travel distance. No where in this section of the code does it say I have to add the length of travel from the interior exit stairway to the exit. Are maximum travel distances considered "per floor" meaning, I can travel 250' to the rated interior exit stairway and then once I exit this enclosure and head for the exit, I have 250' to make it outside? Or Is the travel distance aggregate? Do I add the travel distance to the rated enclosure and then from the rated enclosure to the exterior?
My question however is related to the maximum travel distance. No where in this section of the code does it say I have to add the length of travel from the interior exit stairway to the exit. Are maximum travel distances considered "per floor" meaning, I can travel 250' to the rated interior exit stairway and then once I exit this enclosure and head for the exit, I have 250' to make it outside? Or Is the travel distance aggregate? Do I add the travel distance to the rated enclosure and then from the rated enclosure to the exterior?