One exit or two???

[StephNow]

Pennsylvania, 2009 I-Codes

Is two doors to the exterior from a vesitbule with one door entering the vestibule from the interior considered two exits?

Me thinks the designer is trying to stretch things a wee bit.

 

[mark handler]

No .

 

[steveray]

If the vestibule is large enough to require two exits maybe........but if you are talking about the building.....probably not....IF they have the diagonal separation..it might work.....

 

[Coug Dad]

A sketch would be helpful.

 

[fatboy]

Yes a sketch would help. Knee-jerk reply, in a building space requiring two exits, one exit leading to a vestibule with two exits? Not working here.

 

[mtlogcabin]

Does the "story" meet the requirement for 1 exit as required in Section 1021?

 

[cda]

I think he may be saying that, like found at some large gas stations,

You walk out of the door from the main store, into the vestibule, then you can either go right or left through a door to the out side,

as in one door becomes two!!!! by the magical code strecher!!!

 

[jar546]

No, not even close because you are limited to one door to get to the other two which are near each other. Not even close to being 2 exits.

 

[TheCommish]

2nd exitneed tobe 1/2 diagnol of the space away from the other non sprinklered, 1/3 the distance of the diagnol sprinkler and not futher than the exit travel distance

 

[tmurray]

2nd exitneed tobe 1/2 diagnol of the space away from the other non sprinklered, 1/3 the distance of the diagnol sprinkler and not futher than the exit travel distance

when I read the first part of this I imagined some one speaking with their mouth full. Spelling mistakes aside this is correct.

 

[FM William Burns]

If I understand the question correctly (which could be a problem)...... only if the designer meets the egress capacity width with the one door serving egress.

 

[Sifu]

when I read the first part of this I imagined some one speaking with their mouth full. Spelling mistakes aside this is correct.

I needed that laugh.

 

[Builder Bob]

I didn't have a problem reading the response by Commish... I am very proficient at reading typos and mistakes

 

[TheCommish]

i hav fatt fingrs

 

[fatboy]

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[StephNow]

I agree that it doesn't count as two exits and the designer agreed and will correct it.

Tried to upload a photo of the plans but it was too large, then when resizing to get down to the maximum size it was far too small.

Thanks!

 

[cda]

I agree that it doesn't count as two exits and the designer agreed and will correct it.Tried to upload a photo of the plans but it was too large, then when resizing to get down to the maximum size it was far too small.

Thanks!

So was it this set up???::;,

You walk out of the door from the main store, into the vestibule, then you can either go right or left through a door to the out side,