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  1. T

    Commercial Kitchen Door Fire Rating

    I'm working with an architect on confirming the rating for a door leading into a commercial kitchen from a dining room. He specified a standard grade 0 hour rated door with standard glass. I didn't approve the specifications and sent notes back after plan review that said the door should have...
  2. T

    In this situation, is this considered one step or two? Is it ok for the first step to be ground level or should there be a riser?

  3. G

    I or L shape cellar egress door stairway? MUST have railing?

    Hi all, I need to dig an egress door in order to keep the current shower in the cellar (two means of egress for keeping three fixture bathroom). I can't decide btw I shape straight up and down stairway or L shape stairway. The width of the building is 14/15 ft. The current drawing put the door...
  4. K

    Accessible Egress Door

    Does an accessible egress door have to swing out? This particular door serves an occupant load less than 50. How do you handle exit hardware if it opens in?
  5. M

    Egress Swing Direction

    Hello, that's my first thread here and I'm sure it will not be the last one we have a new project that we are working on, it's an academic building located in Alamin Egypt, we have almost all rooms occupant load exceeds 50 which require more than egress door in the room, in addition, making the...
  6. LGreene

    No Longer an Exit

    I really need some help with this issue, so please weigh in. The building in question is being renovated, and the egress routes have changed. Some doors that were exits before, are no longer required as exits. The building owner wants to leave the existing doors and hardware, but permanently...
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