canopy

[Hyrax4978]

Is there a requirement for canopies at egress doors? I don't see anything requiring canopies, at entry or exit doors, but i thought there was one.

Thanks,

 

[classicT]

Is there a requirement for canopies at egress doors? I don't see anything requiring canopies, at entry or exit doors, but i thought there was one.

Thanks,

Not a Building Code based requirement that I am aware of.

Vestibules via most energy codes.

 

[e hilton]

Some cities will require shading of windows, probably includes doors. But thats for heat load, not rain.

 

[Yikes]

You don't say where the project is located. In Calfornia, the CalGreen code has this mandatory measure for nonresidential buildings:


Note that this covering applies to "primary exterior entries", not to secondary doors. Nor does it say anything about egress-only doors.

Even if you aren't in California, you may have a non-code sustainability standard / program requirement that is similar.

 

[ADAguy]

They may also be required for medical clinics & hospitals

 

[mark handler]

Is there a requirement for canopies at egress doors? I don't see anything requiring canopies, at entry or exit doors, but i thought there was one.

Thanks,

IN CA Only at 11B-206.4.10 Medical care and long-term care facilities
Weather protection by a canopy or roof overhang shall be provided at a minimum of one accessible entrance to licensed medical care and licensed long-term care facilities where the period of stay may exceed twenty-four hours. The area of weather protection shall include the passenger drop-off and loading zone complying with Section 11B-209.3 and the accessible route from the passenger loading zone to the accessible entrance it serves.

 

[Hyrax4978]

This would be in CT. B use.

 

[mark handler]

This would be in CT. B use.

No requirement that I know of under the I-Codes

 

[Tim Mailloux]

This would be in CT. B use.

I'm also in CT, and there is no canopy requirement in the CT Building Code that I am aware of.

 

[steveray]

Not so much if it is just a landing, but we do have this that sometimes gets "over-enforced"

(Amd) 1011.7.2 Outdoor conditions. Outdoor stairways and outdoor approaches to stairways
shall be designed so that water will not accumulate on walking surfaces. In other than
occupancies in Group R-3 and occupancies in Group U that are accessory to an occupancy in
Group R-3, treads, platforms and landings that are part of exterior stairways in climates subject
to snow and ice shall be protected to prevent the accumulation of same.