Exterior doors in homes and businesses not only provide security but they also serve as a vital means of egress during a fire or other emergency.
Building code exterior door landing.
Step down on the interior and up to two steps down to the landing on the exterior regardless of which way the door swings it can only swing over one step.
For all non egress exterior doors the 2003 code update allows a 7 3 4 in.
4 a landing may be omitted at the bottom of an exterior stair or ramp provided there is no obstruction such as a gate or door within the lesser of the width of the stair or ramp or.
The landing or floor on the exterior side shall be not more than 7 3 4 inches 196 mm below the top of the threshold provided the door does not swing over the landing or floor.
This allowance provides some design flexibility.
The massachusetts state building code consists of a series of international model codes and any state specific amendments adopted by the board of building regulation and standards bbrs.
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When fully open the door shall not project more than 7 inches 178 mm into a landing.
Where exterior landings or floors serving the required egress door are not at grade they shall be provided with access to grade by means of a ramp in.
Florida building code 1009 4 stairway.
Landing requirements for all other exterior doors.
Aisle stairs complying with section 1025 11.
3 1 sentence 3 does not apply to an exterior stair serving a secondary entrance to a house that is also a main entrance to a dwelling unit in the house.
Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet.
R311 3 floors and landings at exterior doors there shall be a landing or floor on each side of.
Where exterior landings or floors serving the required egress door are not at grade they shall be provided with access to grade by means of a ramp in.
Doors opening onto a landing shall not reduce the landing to less than one half the required width.
Building codes for exterior doors.
Title 24 part 2 section 2 3303 i 1 and i 2 exception.
The landing or floor on the exterior side shall be not more than 7 3 4 inches 196 mm below the top of the threshold provided the door does not swing over the landing or floor.