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Can a single drinking fountain be provided for a small day care facility?
C of O to a day care, calculated OL is 37 children, 5 adults. 2018 IBC, 2009 ANSI 117.1. I am confused by the language from the IBC and the ANSI standard.
The IPC scopes 1. IBC says you must provide 2, high and low, but then excepts some/part of that when they are primarily for children, which would be the case. This is where I am having trouble. The exception seems to not except the min. number, but then qualifies the min. number by introducing technical provisions, which would result in not being required to provide the min. number.
IBC says 2 DF's required, one for seated, one for standers. The exception says seated can comply with the children's provisions for seated from ANSI. ANSI provisions for seated tells us a parallel approach must be used, if the spout height is 30" max, 15" from the rear and 3 1/2" from the front.
IBC says standing children can be 30" min. above the floor.
So seated children require a parallel approach to a 30" max. height fountain, and standing children require a 30" min. fountain.
If a single DF is provided, with a parallel approach, the spout height at 30", 3 1/2" from the front edge does that serve both standers and seated users, resulting in a single fountain required because it serves all?
The adults in the room may not have an accessible fountain, but the DF's may not be "primarily" for them. Are they just left out?
C of O to a day care, calculated OL is 37 children, 5 adults. 2018 IBC, 2009 ANSI 117.1. I am confused by the language from the IBC and the ANSI standard.
The IPC scopes 1. IBC says you must provide 2, high and low, but then excepts some/part of that when they are primarily for children, which would be the case. This is where I am having trouble. The exception seems to not except the min. number, but then qualifies the min. number by introducing technical provisions, which would result in not being required to provide the min. number.
IBC says 2 DF's required, one for seated, one for standers. The exception says seated can comply with the children's provisions for seated from ANSI. ANSI provisions for seated tells us a parallel approach must be used, if the spout height is 30" max, 15" from the rear and 3 1/2" from the front.
IBC says standing children can be 30" min. above the floor.
So seated children require a parallel approach to a 30" max. height fountain, and standing children require a 30" min. fountain.
If a single DF is provided, with a parallel approach, the spout height at 30", 3 1/2" from the front edge does that serve both standers and seated users, resulting in a single fountain required because it serves all?
The adults in the room may not have an accessible fountain, but the DF's may not be "primarily" for them. Are they just left out?