A couple of weeks ago I shared a photo of a retail exit blocked by a security curtain, and Lee Frazier of Allegion sent me today’s Wordless Wednesday photo from another large retail store. During the pandemic, many stores changed their ingress and egress routes, and the after-effects are lingering on.
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This raises a question about how “easy to distinguish” from adjacent ‘walls’ an exit door in storefront needs to be. After all, the glazed wall and the glazed door look very similar. In a retail setting, the not-door part might have merchandise in front of it, but what about a vestibule lobby for an office building or athletic venue?
You’re right, Joel – the door often looks very much like the rest of the storefront. I have never had an AHJ bring that up on any of my projects – how about you?
– Lori
Based on the Pictures, this is a Horton Sliding Door, it Must have Decals on It showing Direction of Travel to Access or Egress as well as In Emergency, Push Door(s) to Open The Door, as well as all of the associated Safety Decals and Such…. ANSI-156.10 – 2022
There are many Lowes stores that had sliders installed that they never ended up using. The have large decals that say NOT AN EXIT and have been largely pilfered of their parts and are kept locked.