I received today’s Wordless Wednesday photos from a retired AHJ, and they got me thinking about curtains.  We know that egress doors can not be obscured by curtains – the model codes specifically prohibit that.  But where do the codes address egress through curtains that are not near a door?

The situation in the photos looks non-compliant to me – the exit is concealed, not to mention the items stored in the egress path.  But what if the curtains were across a corridor, 50 feet from the egress door?  A cross-corridor door would be permitted (if it allowed free egress)…how about a cross-corridor curtain?

I haven’t found a specific reference to this question in the codes yet.  If you’re an AHJ reading this…help us out?!

   

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