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Attic Access above stair

As in you walk up the stairs from 1st flr to 2nd,,,

And the attic access is in the ceiling there??

Have seen it before

Code does not specify where it can be, does it?

Some people are just not into looks.
 
Attics here in the great white north are generally not used for storage. It does something to that nice fluffy stuff that keeps us warm in the winter. I've never seen a set of attic pull down stairs on a project.
 
I've seen that in an old building and I suspect it once was common. I think that if the stair is required to be enclosed then the prohibition against using the enclosure for purposes other than necessary for the purpose of the shaft or enclosure would apply (IBC 2015 713.7.1 and 1023.4).
 
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As **cda** has mentioned, there is nothing in the Codes
that specifies a location.

The IRC DOES require attic access "if" there are appliances
up there [ RE: Section M1305.1.3, `09 IRC, aka a Scuttle ].

These Scuttles can also be located in closets !.......Directly
above a staircase though ?......That is very bad planning &
use-ability to the homeowners........Not against Code, just
very bad consideration of the end users.

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Even small landings and use a step ladder. I encountered one directly over the stairs and of course it drops so that you enter the stairs walking down the house stairs. It was difficult to use and with all of that, I could not get to the furnace from the access anyway. I might have posted that here previously.
 
Access to the access... I have a photo of a water heater directly in front of the sidewall access to the adjacent crawl space. No access to the access (well, limited access).
These are codes that aren't supposed to need to be written. Like the size of interior residential doors.
 
Glenn said:
. . . . These are codes that aren't supposed to need to be written. Like the size of interior residential doors.
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Approved plans the other day, the door to the laundry room will be not more than 72-inches in height owing to a girder. To my knowledge a 30-inch width should work for most washer and dryers of 27-inches.

"Other doors shall not be required to comply with these minimum dimensions" ref. R311.2
 
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