Exit sign height

[cda]

Exit sign height Still don't understand why exit sign height and location is not a little more specific Guess the high one is for the birds to aim :::

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[north star]

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"Still don't understand why exit sign height and location is not a little more specific"

Don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the distanceaway from [ horizontally ] at which the signs are viewed.



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[JBI]

The times/places I've seen the really high installs were typically large venues, like indoor tennis courts, where a lower sign might not be as visible from across the space.

 

[ICE]

I have encountered more than a few warehouse spaces with a sign just above the doors. Then along comes the storage racks and the signs (and doors) disappear.

 

[Seanior]

I Think I found it! It was in the NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.... Hope this helpsParagraph 7.10.1.9 addresses the mounting location ofexit signs associated with an egress opening such as adoor opening, an archway, or a portal. Its provisionsare meant to keep the sign from being located too highabove the egress opening and too far to the side of theegress opening, at which point the sign would be lesseffective in designating the opening as the egress route.Exhibit 7.109 illustrates the maximum distance atwhich the nearest sign edge is permitted to be positionedabove and to the side of the egress opening,

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[cda]

I knew I liked NFPA for some reason

 

[cda]

Even the Navy has a problem

http://www.public.navy.mil/comnavsafecen/Documents/OSH/SafetyOfficer/Commonly_Identified_Safety_Deficiencies.docx

 

[FM William Burns]

It also has to do with visual obstruction due to the height of displays etc..........

 

[cda]

I have no problem with extra signs, but why not a spec for normal conditions with exception clause

 

[mtlogcabin]

Exits and exit access doors shall be marked by an approved exit sign readily visible from any direction of egress travel.

If I can't see it after the store is fully stocked and ready to open to customer then it is wrong regardless of where the sign is placed. Under 101 a contractor could argue it meets code even though it cannot be readily visible.

We always reserve the right under our plan review comments to require additional or relocation of exit signs during our final inspection. Every box store has had to add exit signs to meet compliance.

 

[cda]

If I can't see it after the store is fully stocked and ready to open to customer then it is wrong regardless of where the sign is placed. Under 101 a contractor could argue it meets code even though it cannot be readily visible.We always reserve the right under our plan review comments to require additional or relocation of exit signs during our final inspection. Every box store has had to add exit signs to meet compliance.

That is why there would be an exception clause

 

[FM William Burns]

We always reserve the right under our plan review comments to require additional or relocation of exit signs during our final inspection. Every box store has had to add exit signs to meet compliance.

Yep, us too ("To Be Field Verified") is our note and we have had many a sign added also.... especially in Big Box stores.

 

[alopes]

Two exit signage are required, one is to be tactile in nature.