ADAguy
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Must these be accessible if provided?
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Ground Floor Accessible windows in classrooms
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mark handler
SAWHORSE
I say no
How often do windows be opened by non-workers?
I have never been in a classroom that non-maintenance personnel controlled the windows.
ADAguy
Registered User
What of teachers after hours?
ADAguy
Registered User
If provided though, must they comply?
mark handler
SAWHORSE
The schools do not want opening windows. teachers are stupid and forget to lock them.
mark handler
SAWHORSE
I say no.
Yikes
Gold Member
Some larger school districts out here in California are now requesting at least one operable window per classroom, and I've heard it is for two reasons:
1. As an additional means of escape in event of active shooter.
2. As an additional means of ventilation in event of power failure.
As a practical matter during emergency instance #1, it is the teacher or students - not the maintenance/service personnel - who are the ones operating the window. However, it is likely that if they do not explicitly state this as the ultimate purpose of the operable window, and instead they say that the windows are normally intended to be operated only by service or maintenance personnel, then they are in compliance with ADA/CBC 11B-205.1 exception #1.
1. As an additional means of escape in event of active shooter.
2. As an additional means of ventilation in event of power failure.
As a practical matter during emergency instance #1, it is the teacher or students - not the maintenance/service personnel - who are the ones operating the window. However, it is likely that if they do not explicitly state this as the ultimate purpose of the operable window, and instead they say that the windows are normally intended to be operated only by service or maintenance personnel, then they are in compliance with ADA/CBC 11B-205.1 exception #1.
ADAguy
Registered User
Yikes! thank ypu
Builder Bob
Sawhorse
Check with your state's department of education for any building criteria they require beyond the code - In SC the OSF (Office of School Facility) require a single window to be designed and installed with an emergency rescue window with a single latch operation.
ADAguy
Registered User
Thank you Bob, my point exactly.