BSSTG
Gold Member
Greetings all,
Well my other deal with the egress in an old bldg. is still up in the air.
However, another challenge has poppped up.
Bldg built in 1912. type 5 const. 2 stories. one exit from 2nd story. Previously the fire marshall (or somebody else) had given permission for a 2nd egress component to be exiting onto a roof of the bldg next door through a window (after the folks climbed some funky steps). Now how they were supposed to get off the roof I can't figure out.
Anyway, perspective buyers of the bldg want to use the upstairs for their real estate co. for offices and the like. Group B for sure.
What I'm not wondering as are they, can a 2nd means of egress be an elevator? Being the 2nd floor they have to come up with something. They want to put an elevator in anyway to accomodate old folks. In reading sect 1007 of the '06 IFC it states that an accessible means of egress can be an elevator if it meeets some requirements. Am I understanding this correctly or am I missing something? Dimensions of the upstairs area are roughly 130' by 30' with the existing stair approximately 80' from one end.
Thanks
Byron
Well my other deal with the egress in an old bldg. is still up in the air.
However, another challenge has poppped up.
Bldg built in 1912. type 5 const. 2 stories. one exit from 2nd story. Previously the fire marshall (or somebody else) had given permission for a 2nd egress component to be exiting onto a roof of the bldg next door through a window (after the folks climbed some funky steps). Now how they were supposed to get off the roof I can't figure out.
Anyway, perspective buyers of the bldg want to use the upstairs for their real estate co. for offices and the like. Group B for sure.
What I'm not wondering as are they, can a 2nd means of egress be an elevator? Being the 2nd floor they have to come up with something. They want to put an elevator in anyway to accomodate old folks. In reading sect 1007 of the '06 IFC it states that an accessible means of egress can be an elevator if it meeets some requirements. Am I understanding this correctly or am I missing something? Dimensions of the upstairs area are roughly 130' by 30' with the existing stair approximately 80' from one end.
Thanks
Byron