exit sign spacing

[ccollings]

just want some clarification. my online research is not clear.

IBC 1011.1 calls for "Exit sign placement shall be such that no point in an exit access corridor or exit passageway is more than 100 feet".

My interpretation is that you need to always be within 100' of an exit sign which is not the same as spacing them every 100 feet.

for example.
If you have a straight corridor that is less than 200' long and has exits at both ends, then you only need exit signs at each end, because there is no point in the corridor where you are more than 100 feet to an exit sign.

 

[TheCommish]

I agree, or the units listed viewing distance

 

[ICE]

If for whatever reason an exit is blocked you would now be 200' from an exit.

 

[north star]

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Tiger Loose,

While I agree with your viewpoint, I cannot support
it thru the use of the IBC.

Can you please provide a Code Section that
supports your "If scenario", and thereby requiring
an additional Exit Sign ?

Thank you sir !

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[ICE]

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Tiger Loose,

While I agree with your viewpoint, I cannot support
it thru the use of the IBC.

Can you please provide a Code Section that
supports your "If scenario", and thereby requiring
an additional Exit Sign ?

Thank you sir !

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No.

I was at a Vegas Extravaganza when the fire alarm sounded. We went out a fire exit and walked for fifteen minutes...all the while following exit signs. We finally reached a bank of exit doors and they were locked. There was a fire extinquisher handy and I was tempted to make a way out but there's cameras everywhere.

 

[north star]

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O.K., ...thank you !

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[cda]

From the Bible :::

 

[cda]

From the Bible :::

 

[ccollings]

thanks
my code review comment says "Exit signage, OBC 1013, every 100 ft.". I wanted to verify my interpretation before i called the AHJ.

 

[Inspector Gift]

My Oregon code reads, "...within 100 feet or the listed viewing distance of the sign, whichever is less, from the nearest visible exit sign." (1013.1)

What is the LISTED VIEWING DISTANCE for the exit light in question?

 

[e hilton]

What is the LISTED VIEWING DISTANCE for the exit light in question?

Reminds me of the ads i used to see in the pack of popular science magazines for super duper binoculars, only $1.95 plus postage (yes, it was a long time ago). The ad showed an image supposedly through the binocular with the claim “10 mile range”. Right. Might as well claim 238,000 miles cuz you can see the moon wit( them too.

 

[mark handler]

Not the building code but in CA

California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3216. Exit Signs.

Cal/OSHA - Title 8 regulations
Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
§3216. Exit Signs.
(b) Location. Exit or directional signs, or both, shall be provided at every exit door, at the intersection of corridors, at exit stairways or ramps and at such other locations and intervals as are necessary to provide the occupants with knowledge of the various means of egress available.
Exit or directional signs need not be provided for the following:
(1) Any room or building having an occupant load of 50 or less;
(2) Dwellings units in Group R, Division 1 Occupancies;
(3) When approved, the main exterior exit doors obviously and clearly identifiable as exits. (Title 24, Part 2, Section 2-3312(c)(3).)

 

[Mr. Inspector]

While we are talking about exit signs are the raised character and braille exit signs only required when at least 2 exits are required by the 21015 IBC 1013.4?
In other words are these signs not required per IBC 1013.1 (where required) exceptions?