Looking for some clarification or understanding of this section.
This section states: "All egress doors shall be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort"
The IRC doesn't define an "egress door" and the language doesn't say "required egress doors". To me, all doors that allow passage from an occupiable space through the path of exit acccess to the exterior exit discharge are considered egress doors.
I've got a house with a bedroom and an office at ground level that both have doors opening out to the exterior.
Can you put a keyed deadbolt lock the bedroom and office door that opens to the exterior, as long as you have an interior bedroom door and an interior offfice door to the corridor and an emergency egress and rescue window from the bedroom?
Commentary doesn' clarify the issue. It makes reference to the exit door being openable without a key, but turns around and say the section applies to all egress doors.
Section R311.4.1 requires at least one exit door from the dwelling. I would like to apply the requirement prohibiting a keyed deadbolt to the one required exit door but that's not really what the code says.
How do you guys and gals apply the keyed lock on single family residential structures?
This section states: "All egress doors shall be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort"
The IRC doesn't define an "egress door" and the language doesn't say "required egress doors". To me, all doors that allow passage from an occupiable space through the path of exit acccess to the exterior exit discharge are considered egress doors.
I've got a house with a bedroom and an office at ground level that both have doors opening out to the exterior.
Can you put a keyed deadbolt lock the bedroom and office door that opens to the exterior, as long as you have an interior bedroom door and an interior offfice door to the corridor and an emergency egress and rescue window from the bedroom?
Commentary doesn' clarify the issue. It makes reference to the exit door being openable without a key, but turns around and say the section applies to all egress doors.
Section R311.4.1 requires at least one exit door from the dwelling. I would like to apply the requirement prohibiting a keyed deadbolt to the one required exit door but that's not really what the code says.
How do you guys and gals apply the keyed lock on single family residential structures?