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Accommodating maneuvering clearances on the unit side of a Type B primary door

Ryan Schultz

Ryan Schultz

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Does anyone know if the exception about not accommodating maneuvering clearances on the unit side of a Type B primary door in 2003 A.117.1 applies to A.117.1 2009 as well? If so, where would one look for that?

1004.5.1 Primary Entrance Door. The primary
entrance door to the unit shall comply with Section
404.
EXCEPTION: Maneuvering clearances
required by Section 404.2:3 shall not be
required on the unit side of the primary
entrance door.
 
The exception was changed to something else. The exception in the 2003 edition of ANSI A117.1 does not exist in the 2009 edition.
 
Thanks @north star, unfortunately the following is all I see in 2017. No mention of the maneuvering clearances on the unit side of a Type B primary door. :\

Am I to assume maneuvering clearances are required on the unit side of the primary door in a Type B unit?


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1102.5Doors and doorways.
The primary entrance door to the unit, and all other doorways intended for user passage, shall comply with Section 404.

Exceptions:

  1. 1.Existing doors to hospital patient sleeping rooms shall be exempt from the requirement for space at the latch side provided the door is 44 inches (1120 mm) minimum in width.
  2. 2.In toilet rooms and bathrooms not required to comply with Section 1102.11.2, maneuvering clearances required by Section 404.2.3 shall not be required on the toilet room or bathroom side of the door.
  3. 3.A turning space between doors in a series as required by Section 404.2.5 is not required.
  4. 4.Storm and screen doors shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.5.
  5. 5.Communicating doors between individual sleeping units shall not be required to comply with Section 404.2.5.
  6. 6.At other than the primary entrance door, where exterior space dimensions of balconies are less than the required maneuvering clearance, door maneuvering clearance is not required on the exterior side of the door.
  7. 7.The maneuvering clearances required by Section 404 shall not be required within a closet or pantry complying with
 
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Ryan,

In lieu of no specific language Section 1105.2 DOES say "all other doorways".

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