People frequently ask me for images of code-compliant applications, and sometimes it’s tough to come up with good examples. (If you want to see what not to do, I’ve got you!)
I found the doors in today’s post on a recent trip to Indianapolis with my youngest daughter. Many of iDigHardware’s long-time readers will remember her from the Olden Days. –>
She’s my third baby, and I introduced my fourth baby – iDigHardware – a couple of years after her birth. She has been featured here multiple times, like the time she somehow locked us in our hotel room, the day she had a thyroidectomy and caused a huge spike in visits to this site (and we saw a cool gate application), when we went on family trips to exotic destinations or visited local points of interest like the Museum of Science and the Boston city streets, and of course her multiple appearances during Chip Falcon’s Road Trip.
What you might find hard to believe is that we are currently deciding which university she will be attending this fall! Last week we visited a great school near Allegion’s office in Carmel, Indiana, and despite growing up with iDigHardware, I think she was still a little surprised when we met some Allegion coworkers in the airport (“LORI! I read your blog!!). 😀
During the recent college visit, I saw the doors below leading from a classroom building to the university library. When the library is open, the doors are held open on magnetic holders to allow access to the library. Because it’s a required means of egress, the doors have delayed egress fire exit hardware (Von Duprin Chexits) to allow code-compliant egress while also deterring access after hours.
Under normal operation, this hardware will delay egress for 15 seconds when someone tries to exit. An audible alarm will sound at the door, as required by code. If the fire alarm is actuated or there is a power failure, the doors will allow free egress immediately (no 15-second delay). The doors have the proper signage, and the panic hardware is properly sized for the door width.
I think this is a great application for delayed egress locks…what do you think?
Cross all of your appendages that this kid, who still looks like a sweet little angel, receives the scholarship she has been invited to apply for! There are many more good applications on campus for me to share here.
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Congrats to Daughter!!! Go Fight Win!!!
So s there an exit sign????
From some of the “”Signage””” on the door,,, do they really open after hours?
Hi Charles –
I was thinking about the missing exit sign too…I’m guessing this might be a dead-end corridor situation. What do you think? And yes, I do think the doors can be opened in an emergency, but I didn’t test them. 🙂
– Lori
Dead end ……
Would have to see floor plan
Why I thought they may not open,,, is that a fob/ card reader on the right side, near the doors?
I thought you were a “door thrill seeker”?? Take pictures in classified places, test doors to see if they open, etc……
Anyway just more interesting doors and hardware.
That’s a great question, Charles! Yes, there is a card reader, but what it (probably) does is to disarm the delayed egress device momentarily so an authorized person can pass through without setting off the alarm and waiting for 15 seconds.
I think this may be the first time anyone has called me a thrill seeker. Haha.
– Lori
That’s a generous 1/8″ meeting edge gap.
How was delayed egress approved for doors “leading from a classroom building”?
The IBC does not allow and has not allowed the use of delayed egress in Educational occupancies.
Did this get approved based on a Request For Modification to the building code?
If so, then what was the reasoning behind the allowance for the modification?
2021 IBC:
1010.2.13 Delayed egress. Delayed egress locking
systems shall be permitted to be installed on doors serving
the following occupancies in buildings that are
equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system
in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or an approved
automatic smoke or heat detection system installed in
accordance with Section 907.
1. Group B, F, I, M, R, Sand U occupancies.
2. Group E classrooms with an occupant load of less
than 50.
2006 IBC:
1008.1.8.6 Delayed egress locks. Approved, listed,
delayed egress locks shall be permitted to be installed on
doors serving any occupancy except Group A, E and H
or occupancies in buildings that are equipped throughout
with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with
Section 903.3.1.1 or an approved automatic smoke or
heat detection system installed in accordance with Section
907, provided that the doors unlock in accordance
with Items 1 through 6 below.
I ask this question because I have assisted architects in writing Requests For Modification to the City of Los Angeles Building Code that were approved for three museum buildings in LA. The reasoning was that a museum visitor could otherwise walk out the door with a small million dollar painting and quickly disappear in a waiting car.
Just a note
It is at a college
“””””A-3 “”” Occupancy for lecture rooms
B for educational above 12th
Still the set up may be wrong??!