ID 24012 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 4: Aisle, Handrail

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Interior Design
• Course: ID 24012
• Professor: Jennifer L Roebuck

Document Summary

Defend in place": occupants will go to a specific area to wait for assistance and/or be provided with an alternative method to exit. In order to know what special requirements to use, the type of exit is needed, which is shown in a floorplan based on the shading of the floor. Of clear width=36in door: door type and configuration, egress door= side-hinged and swinging, swing in the direction of exit travel (the way out, can"t reduce stair landing or corridor by more than 7in. Width when fully open; or reduce the width by more than half in open position: 12, 18, 24 in min. Clearance depending on push/pull or hinge/latch: to avoid obstruction of width, smaller spaces can have doors that swing inward: Ibc has 2 types of handrails: type i: typical circular, type ii: additional shapes, guardrails necessary whenever there is a drop over 30 inches where occupants are walking and there is no adjacent wall, 42in.