Many schools prefer the restrooms not to have doors in both existing and new schools off of the rated or not rated egress corridor system.
Concerns I have;
Dead end corridor; Most want a 4-ft or wider opening and a screening wall just inside the opening. Kind of what you see in airport concourses but the occupancy is Educational not Assembly.
Control of Restroom smell by using an exhaust system that may cause a plenum return issue. I think the Mechanical Engineers use fresh air in the corridor to meet fresh air requirements. Classrooms are usually ducted returns or have their own AC within the room.
If the school does not have a sprinkler system; corridor rating question whether it is an existing very old school or a new building. New schools without a sprinkler system would require a rated corridor.
Feel free to provide comments.
Concerns I have;
Dead end corridor; Most want a 4-ft or wider opening and a screening wall just inside the opening. Kind of what you see in airport concourses but the occupancy is Educational not Assembly.
Control of Restroom smell by using an exhaust system that may cause a plenum return issue. I think the Mechanical Engineers use fresh air in the corridor to meet fresh air requirements. Classrooms are usually ducted returns or have their own AC within the room.
If the school does not have a sprinkler system; corridor rating question whether it is an existing very old school or a new building. New schools without a sprinkler system would require a rated corridor.
Feel free to provide comments.