Dead End?

[Paul Sweet]

A long narrow room might look like a corridor but it isn't one. A corridor takes you from a room to an exit. Dead end limits only apply to corridors.

 

[steveray]

So I can put a chair in any corridor and call it a room because there is a chair in it....Dumb....Maybe it is a nonissue because of some other code requirements, but it just feels wrong.

 

[ADAguy]

No, a chair is a "movable" obstruction but if it were a projecting obstruction such as a DF or a desk and chair with a receptionist, then we have an issue as to use of the circulation space (corridor).

Also don't fire hose lengths and hose streams still come into play or are they obsolete?

 

[cda]

No, a chair is a "movable" obstruction but if it were a projecting obstruction such as a DF or a desk and chair with a receptionist, then we have an issue as to use of the circulation space (corridor).

Also don't fire hose lengths and hose streams still come into play or are they obsolete?

Used by firefighters or occupants??

 

[mark handler]

High pile combustible storage?

 

[cda]

High pile combustible storage?

Boy are we going down a dead end.

Yes, if hoses are required, they would have to be spaced per code.

 

[Paul Sweet]

"So I can put a chair in any corridor and call it a room because there is a chair in it....Dumb"

NO! Read the definition in IBC chapter 2. A corridor is "an enclosed exit access component that defines and provides a path of egress travel." A corridor is subject to dead end restrictions, even if it has chairs in it.

 

[steveray]

"So I can put a chair in any corridor and call it a room because there is a chair in it....Dumb"

NO! Read the definition in IBC chapter 2. A corridor is "an enclosed exit access component that defines and provides a path of egress travel." A corridor is subject to dead end restrictions, even if it has chairs in it.

But not if it has stock on the walls...Where is the line...It's a narrow waiting room for one person!

 

[cda]

But not if it has stock on the walls...Where is the line...It's a narrow waiting room for one person!

It is not a corridor


How do you get one hour rating from stock

 

[mark handler]

"stock room", same occupancy as store, no fire rating.