Wordless Wednesday

WW: Are the kids to blame?

Last Friday I posted an article about a school district settlement with a student, after a severe injury due to impact with traditional wired glass.  The article mentioned that a "15-year-old high school student fell while climbing atop a stack of rolled up wrestling mats."  What the article didn't say was that the mats had been rolled up between practices, and the student was helping to set up - the mats were stuck together and he climbed up to help free the mat and slipped, impacting the glass.  His injury was horrific, and he's lucky to be alive.

By |2014-08-22T22:56:18-04:00June 19th, 2013|Glass, Wordless Wednesday|14 Comments
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WW: 5 Motions to Release the Latch

As most of you know, a required egress door must typically operate with only one motion to release the latch.  The common exception is dwelling unit entry doors in hotels and apartment buildings, which can have one additional locking device if the occupant load of the unit is 10 or less.  Take a look at this door, sent to me by Jeff Strangio of Maffey's Security Group.  Do you think you could figure out how to open it in smoky conditions?

By |2013-04-03T18:32:28-04:00March 20th, 2013|Doors Gone Wrong, Panic Hardware, Wordless Wednesday|3 Comments
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WW: Uncoordinated

The good news...I'm on my way to Las Vegas for CoNEXTions 2012!  The bad news...our flight lost a hydraulic system and we had to land in Denver.  There's a replacement plane but it is larger and requires an extra flight attendant, who had to be called in from home.  I'm sure he's not a happy camper right now.  I will get there eventually, but while I'm waiting, here's another photo that left me Wordless.

By |2012-10-17T01:53:29-04:00October 17th, 2012|Door Closers, Wordless Wednesday|9 Comments
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WW: Day Care Fire Exit

This is the emergency exit for a day care center, sent in by Dwight Isaacs of US Homeware Inc.  If you look closely, you'll see that the latch is up near the top of the jamb post, out of reach of the kids.  This seems like it could be a viable solution, except that in another situation when I asked all of my code official pals about how I could prevent a child with special needs from exiting out of a school without permission, most of them said that they would not allow a latch mounted above the range mandated by code.

By |2012-10-03T00:10:35-04:00October 3rd, 2012|Means of Egress, Wordless Wednesday|6 Comments
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WW: Hockey Rink Egress

I was working on a different post but that one will have to wait.  I just received these photos, it's Wordless Wednesday, and I am wordless (yes, again).  This is an exit for a hockey rink, sent in by an anonymous reader.  Hockey rinks are notoriously tough on their doors and hardware, but this "solution" makes me want to cry.

By |2012-03-19T09:29:51-04:00March 14th, 2012|Means of Egress, Panic Hardware, Wordless Wednesday|2 Comments
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