Building Code Clarified

Category: ADA

Americans with disability act, this is a law not a code, see you could be sued by persons and or by the state or by the federal government for not complying

ADA, Building Code, Common Path, Door, Exit, Exiting, Fire Protection, Horizontal Exit, occupant Load, Occupant type, stair Design

Panic or Fire Hardware 21-0

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Panic or fire hardware, panic hardware at exit doors and/or out of other spaces is what this video covers. Panic hardware is used more times than it is required. It’s probably only required about half the time that I see it used. Only required in H occupancies or A or E spaces or occupancies, Where those occupancies are over 50 persons.

ADA, Building Code, Door, Exiting, Fire Protection

Door Closer 20-0

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Automatic door closing device,Door closer, where there required. Any room or space that requires a rating or at one time required a rating and the sprinkler exemption was taken to not have to rate that room. Door closer is still required for that space. Healthcare, since that is my design background, places more door closers than are required by either code in order to help facilitate the facilities of actuation plan.