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Elevator travel distance

with a wheel or tape measure

in what context is the question being asked, ADA, bathroom access, acessablity codes?
 
TheCommish said:
with a wheel or tape measurein what context is the question being asked, ADA, bathroom access, acessablity codes?
We are modern use lasers now

For firefighter function and similar

Says anything over 25 ft
 
I found this seems correct

Definition:

The maximum elevator travel length is the greatest distance within a structure traveled by a single elevator. It is measured from the lowest utilized position of the elevator floor to the highest position of the same floor. If the elevator's travel path bends, the distance is calculated along the curve or track of its route rather than a straight line.
 
ASME A17.1-2007, considers this a "rise" and is defined as "the vertical distance between the bottom terminal landing and the top terminal landing of an elevator, dumbwaiter, or material lift."
 
cda said:
I found this seems correctDefinition:

The maximum elevator travel length is the greatest distance within a structure traveled by a single elevator. It is measured from the lowest utilized position of the elevator floor to the highest position of the same floor. If the elevator's travel path bends, the distance is calculated along the curve or track of its route rather than a straight line.
2009 IBC chapter 30
 
cda said:
We are modern use lasers nowFor firefighter function and similar

Says anything over 25 ft
damb batteries always dead in mine

saw a carpenter using a hand saw the other day, asked him what it was, he said "cordless saw"
 
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