Bc Building Code Door Swing

Door swing bc building code question.

Bc building code door swing.

I have a question about the bc building code i was hoping to get some insight on. The bc building code bcbc is a provincial regulation that governs how new construction building alterations repairs and demolitions are completed. During its swing any door in a means of egress shall leave unobstructed at least one half of the required width of an aisle corridor passageway or landing nor project more than 7 inches 178 mm into the required width of an aisle corridor passageway or landing when fully open. We have a room in the parking garage in the lower floor of our multi unit building that holds storage lockers for all of the units.

On july 1 2017 sentence 9 9 6 5 1 of division b of the regulation is amended by striking out single dwelling unit and. This code establishes minimum requirements for safety health accessibility fire and structural protection of buildings and energy and water efficiency. The code requires panic hardware or fire exit hardware for doors serving an occupant load of 50 or more in a group a or e. This room has 1 door for exit entrance no windows.

But reading between the lines section 1008 1 2 says doors shall swing in the direction of egress travel where serving an occupant load of 50 or more. Direction of door swing 1 except as permitted by sentence 2 and except for doors serving a single dwelling unit exit doors that are required to swing shall swing in the direction of exit travel. Florida building code 1008 1 5 landings at doors. The rule of thumb is to hang interior doors to open into the room not out into a hallway or other common area.

The door assembly shall comply with the applicable fire protection rating and where rated shall be self closing or automatic closing by smoke detection in accordance with section 715 4 8 3 shall be installed in accordance with nfpa 80 and shall comply with section 715 of this code. The door assembly shall have an integrated standby power supply. The bc plumbing code book ii of the bc building code applies to the design construction extension alteration renewal or repair of plumbing systems. Corridor fire doors shall be self or automatic closing.

The ontario building code direction of door swing 9 9 6 5. The home building industry is ruled by codes but the international residential code doesn t have a requirement for swing direction. Bc building code 2018. If the room load is 60 and i have 2 doors the load on each is 30.

New edition coming soon sign up here to be notified of product release. We had always assumed that when room capacity reaches 50 people the room needs 2 exit doors and the doors must swing out.