Building Code Clarified

Category: Common Path

ARE, Building Code, Common Path, Dead End, Deadend, Exit, NFPA, Suites, Travel distance, Travel path

Deadend & Common Path of Travel 30-0

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Deadend and Common Path of Travel can be confusing. Hope this video can help with some of its understanding. Most of the time we have a choice of two ways to get out of a SPACE, and that is your common path of travel. From the most remote point in the building or space to a decision point to go to exit “A” or exit “B” to get out of the space, that is your decision point/common path of travel.

Understand that “commen path of travel” is not appiclible to hospitals. Hospitals have “suites” and “intervening rooms” other video cover those topics

 

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.

ARE, Common Path, Door, door size, Exiting, Travel path

Door Encroachment 18-0

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The distance a door is allowed to encroach into a hallway/corridor/exit way or path of travel out of the building. If a door opens on to a required exit width this video talks to how much it’s allowed to encroach. 7 inches is the max when the door is in its fully open position that it’s allowed to encroach. Otherwise if the door opens 180° the radius in which it opens that radius cannot encroach more than one half during that swing.