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dead end corridor

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    dead end corridor permited in care occupancy without a second and independent means of egress

    In Ontario Building Code, is dead end corridor permitted in care occupancy without a second and independent means of egress?
    • sunyaer
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    • care occupancy dead end corridor
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    • Forum: Canada
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    Is an Exit Passage subject to Dead End Corridor limitations?

    I know, it's an Exit Passage not a Corridor so the answer is in the question right? But codes are never really that straight forward so I have to ask. I have a fully sprinkled existing building with a new assembly occupancy that is really challenged to get a third exit. The solution seems to...
  3. BayPointArchitect

    Is it a dead end corridor?

    My jurisdiction enforces both the NFPA 101 and the IBC. The dead end corridor limit for a new non-sprinkled office building is only 20 feet according to NFPA 101 Table 7.6. The IBC section 1018.4 has the same dead end corridor limit of 20 feet. But that paragraph does start with, "Where more...
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    is a serving area with opening but no door a dead end corridor

    We have a dining facility (Assembly use) that is fully sprinklered. NFPA 101 is applicable life safety code. When exiting the kitchen through the pair of double swing doors there is an opening straight ahead to the dining area and serving areas at each side. Each serving area has a framed...
  5. manifold

    IEBC Dead end corridor length

    I am working on a remodel to an existing building under the 2015 IEBC. Change of use, unsprinklered. It is necessary to revise the layout such that we are creating 2 new dead end corridors that are between 20 feet and 35 feet long. In the existing layout one of these corridors was 20 feet long...
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