Here is an example of a door situation that I run into time and time again:
Inspections under the IBC 2009
The issues are:
I get fight back on this continuously; this is “allowed everywhere else”
Basically this is me venting
Inspections under the IBC 2009
- 3 story medical office building with individual tenants (doctor offices, blood draw lab, etc.)
- Tenants have entrance doors to the suites that are full glazed tempered glass doors without stiles
- These doors swing in the egress direction and empty to the common corridors that lead to the stair towers.
- The hardware on these doors is a thumbturn on the bottom rail on the tenant side and keyed cylinder on the corridor side.
- A sign has been provided in the tenant side that states the “This door is to remain unlocked when building is occupied”.
The issues are:
- They cannot have the thumbturn since it protrudes more than 1/16” on the bottom rail
- They cannot have hardware on the door that is less than 34” to 48”
- They cannot provide a double keyed cylinder on the bottom rail since this is not a main exterior door
- To open a door, only one operation is allowed
- Even if a double keyed cylinder was permitted, if any other tenant space is occupied, then this door cannot be locked since the “building is occupied”
I get fight back on this continuously; this is “allowed everywhere else”
Basically this is me venting