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  1. Ryan Schultz

    Going above 3 stories using a 'horizontal exit'

    Why do the upper floors need to be ADA accessible, if you're able to get all your required ADA units on the 1st floor, and there's no public amenities on any of the floors above.
  2. Ryan Schultz

    Going above 3 stories using a 'horizontal exit'

    Anyone ever use the following exception to go over 4 stories without an elevator in a R2? https://up.codes/viewer/wisconsin/ibc-2015/chapter/10/means-of-egress#1009.2.1
  3. Ryan Schultz

    For the required 2nd exit from a (B) tenant on the 2nd floor, can it go through another tenant space?

    Thanks @steveray, unfortunately 1016.2.1 does not allow one tenant to pass through another tenant space. In this particular example, the smaller tenant space is about 40% of the larger tenant space, so we cannot use the exception--if i'm interpreting it correctly.
  4. Ryan Schultz

    For the required 2nd exit from a (B) tenant on the 2nd floor, can it go through another tenant space?

    For the required 2nd exit from a (B) tenant on the 2nd floor, can it go through another tenant space? This is sprinklered Type VB. I would think it could since the corridor (dashed blue line), in the red tenant space, doesn't need to be a rated corridor, since it is sprinklered. I know about...
  5. Ryan Schultz

    Type 2 hood - Induction range

    But what if you can't rely on the overall HVAC system to accommodate? Are there any scenarios where a Type 2 hood is not necessary, if you can't rely on the overall HVAC? What if you're just warming up water, or warming up food. I'm just trying to parse out what that line is.
  6. Ryan Schultz

    Type 2 hood - Induction range

    Let's say you're using an induction range to cook things that don't produce grease vapors. Does this condition always require a Type 2 hood? Or are there scenarios, in addition to the exception listed below, where a Type 2 is not required? exception: except where the heat and moisture loads...
  7. Ryan Schultz

    If you have a (i-4) on the 1st floor of a 3 story, sprinklered, Type VB building with (B)'s on the 2nd and 3rd stories, is the floor rating 1 or 2 hr

    Honestly, because the code reviewer said so. That's why i asked. However, just 'now', they replied back and said they were wrong and that 707.3.9 applies, and can be 1 hr.
  8. Ryan Schultz

    If you have a (i-4) on the 1st floor of a 3 story, sprinklered, Type VB building with (B)'s on the 2nd and 3rd stories, is the floor rating 1 or 2 hr

    If you have a (i-4) on the 1st floor of a 3 story, sprinklered, Type VB building with (B)'s on the 2nd and 3rd stories, is the floor rating 1 or 2 hours? Does this one apply.. https://up.codes/viewer/wisconsin/ibc-2015/chapter/5/general-building-heights-and-areas#508.4 or does this one...
  9. Ryan Schultz

    Does community greenhouse, and common grounds of a number of detached dwelling units, need to be ADA accessible?

    I could be wrong, but that "4 or more" seems like it's tied to units inside multifamily building. The following quotes, from the Fair Housing Act, seems to hint in that direction... "The design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act apply to all new multifamily housing...
  10. Ryan Schultz

    Does community greenhouse, and common grounds of a number of detached dwelling units, need to be ADA accessible?

    The developer is doing it privately, through bank loans. Probably won't be FHA loans.
  11. Ryan Schultz

    Does community greenhouse, and common grounds of a number of detached dwelling units, need to be ADA accessible?

    The following project has (8) individual detached dwelling units centered around a 'courtyard' type of space. There is a small (~500sf) community greenhouse/patio that would only be used by the residences of the community. Per 1103.2.3, am i correct to assume none of the spaces, whether inside...
  12. Ryan Schultz

    Shelves under kitchen hood

    Is there any code that would prevent adding these types of p-lam shelves under the hood? The only one i know about is referenced below. If this is the only one that applies, it seems we could still keep the lower shelf. 506.5.4 Clearances Exhaust equipment serving a Type I hood shall have a...
  13. Ryan Schultz

    ADA accessible cold plunges

    Could a portable lift, like this, be used, i wonder.
  14. Ryan Schultz

    ADA accessible cold plunges

    Helping a client design a spa. As you can see from the floor plan, each room has a sauna and cold plunge. The cold plunge looks something like this. Question: Like the 5% rule for saunas, I assume at least 5% of the cold plunges need to be accessible as well, correct? If that be the case...
  15. Ryan Schultz

    Maneuver clearances to 'all' sauna rooms throughout the plan?

    Just to be clear, with a having a pocket door or swinging door without a latch/closer, i understand you can remove the part of the maneuver clearance in red, indicated below, not the 'entire' maneuver clearance. Maybe that was the confusion.
  16. Ryan Schultz

    Maneuver clearances to 'all' sauna rooms throughout the plan?

    Here's a higher resolution floor plan, if interested. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0me9ztfcgcqj414inmpnr/20240410-Pure-Health-Madison-Layout-Option.pdf?rlkey=qzv0xfabvm4v7peb88e1oxfj8&dl=0 ... @walker.t Thanks. I was under the impression that if the door doesn't have a closer or latch that...
  17. Ryan Schultz

    Maneuver clearances to 'all' sauna rooms throughout the plan?

    Helping a client with a sauna/cold plunge spa. As you can see from the floor plan, there's individual rooms for the sauna and/or cold plunge. Question: If the doors to all these individual rooms swing, and have latches, do they all need ADA maneuver clearances next to the door? Or do we only...
  18. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    There's https://www.ada.gov/topics/title-iii/ So the question then would be if a tenant is considered a 'public accomodation', can the exceptions per Per 1104.4, be used? Or are they overruled?
  19. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    I know, right? But I can't really find anything that would not allow it, in this scenario.
  20. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    sorry meant 1107.6.2.2.2 Type B Units. Is an R-2. (or R-3, i guess)
  21. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    1104.4 Multistory Buildings and Facilities "At least one accessible route shall connect each accessible story and mezzanine in multilevel buildings and facilities." Is there's only (2) residences, per 1107.6.1.2, the 2nd floor is not considered an 'accessible story', so it's square footage...
  22. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    This is an existing condition.
  23. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    Followup question, if there was (3) residences on the 2nd floor, I assume an elevator would be required, correct?
  24. Ryan Schultz

    Elevator? 2 stories and a basement - A-2's and R-2.

    Does the following scenario require an elevator to the basement? I assume it does not, under the following logic. Per 1107.6.1.2, since there’s less than 3 dwelling units on the 2nd floor, the 2nd floor is not an accessible story. Per 1104.4, since the basement area is less than 3000sf, it does...
  25. Ryan Schultz

    Confusing: "the length of the landing shall not be required to be more than 48 inches"

    Exception 2 is confusing to me. I'm really looking for minimum dimensions to the landing, and the wording of exception 2 doesn't really provide that. Anyone have any insights into this? 1012.6.3 Length The landing length shall be 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum. Exceptions: In Group R-2 and R-3...
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