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exit access travel distance

  1. admiralArchArch

    Choice of two exits...but one is outside POT

    I might be over thinking this but I've read almost all of Chapter 10 in the 2018 IBC and commentary and can't find clear wording on this. In this scenario two exits are required, and you reach the first exit stair under the common path of travel distance, lets say 125' for a R-2 occupancy...
  2. M

    There is no CPET in a single exit building

    Scenario: R2 3-story walk-up apartment building where each exterior exit stairway supports 4 dwelling units per floor. The exterior exit stairway is separated from the dwelling units by 1hr fire barriers and 1hr exit access doorways. The exit access travel distance ends at the unit doors with...
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