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  1. N

    SLIDING DOOR IN A CONFERENCE ROOM

    This is an existing office suite. We bought the building two years ago and do not have any of the tenant permit sets to reference. I have a room that is 167 sf that my interior designer has decided to use as as the tenant's conference room. Rooms or spaces that have an occupant load of 10 or...
  2. S

    Door vs. doorway in an exit

    The following is excerpt from a blog titled Egress vs Exit? at https://kilolimacode.com/egress-vs-exit/ "Exits include doors or doorways leading directly into an exit stair or directly to the outside. In the case of an exit leading to a separate building, exits also include vestibules...
    • sunyaer
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    • door exit exit access exit doorway
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada
  3. S

    a balcony serving more than one suite, which is served by a single exit stairway or ramp

    This is from Ontario Building Code Division B: ------------------------------------------------------------------ 9.9.9.3. Shared Egress Facilities (1) A dwelling unit shall be provided with a second and separate means of egress where an egress door from the dwelling unit opens onto, (a) an exit...
    • sunyaer
    • Thread
    • exit exit access exit access stairway
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada
  4. G

    Exit Access Stairways Connecting More Than 2 Stories- Is it ever possible

    I will be referencing the 2015 Michigan Building Code, and am most interested in the implications for R-2 buildings. Here is the code conflict I'm trying to understand: 1006.3 Egress From Stories or Occupied Roofs states "The path of egress travel to an exit shall not pass through more than one...
  5. R

    Changing 2 exit corridor into 1 exit

    Hello Everyone, I have a client that is requesting to block off one of the exits with a pathology lab shown in the red border with the 1024 SF in the middle of it. I've checked the occupancy count and I believe i can get it to be under 49 occupants. (note there were previous modifications to...
  6. R

    Exit Access Stair in Open Parking Garage - Exit Discharge

    Hello all, I'm working on a project that includes a 6 story open parking garage which is non-sprinklered. After my code research, I cannot find a definitive determination if I can have a stair that does not egress directly to the outside of the building. Per IBC 2018 section 1019.3, condition...
  7. eyan50495

    Single Exit from Basement (Commercial - M)

    Hi All So the Building Dept has reviewed our Life Safety drawings and determined that we need a second means of egress from a basement. This is a Mercantile Occ. with a floor plate of 10,000 SF. The basement in question has 2 stairs, picture a box with one on the midpoint of the left side and...
  8. Cristy Bickel

    Exit discharge from Interior Exit Stairway using Exception 1 (1028.1 exc 1) and Travel Distance

    Under IBC 2015: I have a rated interior exit stairway in a 3 story building that does not exit directly to the exterior of the building. Per Exit Discharge 1028.1 exception 1, if I have a sprinklered building and a free and unobstructed path to the exit, I can do this. My question however is...
  9. S

    Egress Balcony help

    Is a walkway that is over a podium below grade garage considered an egress balcony? R-2, type VB building. I have had several similar projects that this had never come up, but now I have one in plan check under 2016 CBC and the comment received was that the grade level walkway is considered an...
  10. M

    Wedding Venue Questions concerning exits and plumbing

    I have a project that needs to comply with 2012 IBC. There is an existing Manor (Super large house) that my client is purchasing and turning into a wedding venue. The property is 25 acres with several smaller houses along with the main manor house. They are not looking to make significant...
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