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    R2 - Type VA - Exterior door ratings - Exterior Stair Classification

    I have a 3 story R2 project, designed as type V-A construction fully sprinkled. It is on the smaller side so each level only has 4 units that open directly to a 8'x8' area then directly to the 1 exterior egress stair. The stair is completely open on 1 side and bound by exterior walls on most of...
  2. C

    Common Accessible Toilet on Ground Floor of a Multiple Dwelling

    I wasn't successful in finding the regulation related to this either in NYS MDL, NYC BC, and FHA. I know there is one somewhere. Does anyone know where is this regulation coming from? Thank you.
  3. A

    Is a secondary egress required on an attic apartment?

    Hello all, I have a house in Denver categorized a "Conversion," so it had the upstairs converted way back when to an apartment. There is an existing non-code complying egress stair in the back of the house we call it the "hobbit hole." I want to know if I can get rid of it and use the primary...
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    Common Area Restrooms in Apartment Buildings

    Are common areas in apartment buildings, such as gyms and community rooms, required to have restrooms? I've seen plenty of these areas without restrooms but can't find anything in the code that says they are not required. Additionally, unless the room had less than 10 occupants, 2+ restrooms...
  5. LGreene

    Number of Operations for ACCESS

    I really need some help with this one. I have been contacted about a new apartment building in California where each dwelling unit has an electronic lock on the door leading from the corridor to the apartment. For egress, turning the lever retracts both the latchbolt and deadbolt, so this goes...
  6. Luis Martinez

    ADA?... Apartment unit bathroom

    Right now we are working in an apartment project, 24 units, 2 floors (12 units each). My question is, since the bathrooms as existing are not ADA complaint, if we are to remodel them (moving shower, toilet, and sink) for them to have more of an open space. Would the city want them to become...
  7. S

    Egress window in "loft"...is my apartment up to code?

    Okay so first off I am in an apartment so I wasn't sure if this would be considered residential or commercial (I found conflicting information when I googled). Either way, the building is less than 6 years old and I am renting out a "2 bedroom" loft apartment. Now my roommate's lease is...
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