Sliding Door Fully Open Egress Width
1010 1 4 3 special purpose horizontal sliding accordion or folding doors.
Sliding door fully open egress width. Projecting hardware that prevents the door from sliding completely open will affect the clear opening width. High and 20 in. A window has to be taller and or wider than these minimums to meet the 5 7 sq ft opening requirement. Wide does not meet egress requirements since its net clear opening is only 3 33 sq.
Remember doors in a path of egress and doors on an accessible route are typically required to have a clear opening width of at least 32 inches. Doors when fully opened shall not reduce the required width by more than 7 inches 178 mm. The hardware is mounted to the side of the door facing away from the adjacent wall where the. Clear opening width the minimum allowable clear opening width for a sliding or folding door that is part of an accessible route is 32 inches.
As long as the horizontal sliding door systems meet those performance standards they are allowed. So if a typical breakaway icu door panel only opens 90 degrees and you specified an icu door with a 51 5 wide sliding door panel the corridor width would need to be. 96 required corridor width 7 allowable encroachment 89 51 5 icu door panel width 140 5 13 4 1 2 corridor width. Notwithstanding these doors can be extremely heavy requiring a trolley and roller system capable of carrying the load smoothly and.
Note that a window opening that s the bare minimum of 24 in. The door shall swing to a full open position when subjected to a 15 pound 67 n force. Doors in the fully open position shall not reduce a required dimension by more than 7 inches 178 mm. Encroachments into the required means of egress width shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Landings shall have a width not less than the width of the stairway or the door whichever is greater.