The width of each landing shall be not less than the door served.
Building code for exterior door landing.
Every home must have one egress door and it must be a specific size with a specifically dimensioned landing on both the interior and exterior side of the threshold.
Code expert glenn mathewson runs through the landing requirements for exterior doors including the threshold dimensions the number of allowable steps from the threshold down to the landing and the additional code allowances for exterior non egress doors.
It also covers the size.
Exterior landings shall be permitted to have a slope not to exceed unit vertical in 12 units horizontal 2 percent.
The width of each landing shall not be less than the door served.
Bottom rail 12 min front approach door construction 36 min 22 min 22 min.
Code requirements for exterior doors are covered in chapter 10 of the ibc.
Every landing shall have a dimension of not less than 36 inches 914 mm measured in the direction of travel.
R311 3 floors and landings at exterior doors.
Intended only as an aid for building design and construction.
Every landing shall have a minimum dimension of 36 inches measured in the direction of travel.
Doors maneuvering space pull side 24 min 18 min clear at exterior doors clear at interior doors provide this additional is equipped with both a latch and a closer push side 10 min.
There shall be a landing or floor on each side of each exterior door.
The slope at exterior landings shall not exceed 1 4 unit vertical in 12 units horizontal 2 percent.
The width of each landing shall be not less than the door served.
The slope at exterior landings shall not exceed 1 4 unit vertical in 12 units horizontal 2 percent.