California Building Code Exterior Door

Means of egress doors in the irc.

California building code exterior door.

2019 california building standards code title 24 california code of regulations. Building codes for exterior doors. So for all these reasons the international residential code irc and residential edition of the florida building code fbc r302 5 have safety standards for a door that separates the garage from the house interior. Any other exterior door has a threshold height limited to 7 inches.

Effective january 1 2020. The door cannot open directly onto a room used for sleeping purposes bedroom and must be one of the following types. Landing requirements for all other exterior doors. Doors to individual hotel or motel units shall operate similarly except that when the bolt and unlatching operation is key operated from corridor or exterior side of the unit door large bow keys 2 inch full bow or 1 1 4 inch half bow shall be provided in lieu of lever type hardware on the corridor side.

Los angeles residential code 3 building planning r311 means of egress r311 3 floors and landings at exterior doors 1132a 4 housing accessibility level floor or landing see also chapter 10. R311 3 floors and landings at exterior doors there shall be a landing or floor on each side of. The building codes of california adopt the the california administrative code 2019 california building code 2019 california residential code 2019 california mechanical code 2019 california plumbing code 2019 california energy code 2019 california historical building code 2019 california fire code 2019 california existing building code 2019 california green building standards code 2019. 2018 irc section r311 3 1 restricts threshold height a required exit door in residences to 1 inches from the top of the the threshold to the floor or landing on each side of the door.

Exterior doors in homes and businesses not only provide security but they also serve as a vital means of egress during a fire or other emergency. Building fire residential codes the 2007 2010 california building code part 2 california residential code part 2 5 and the california fire code part 9 of title 24 are available for viewing online via the following international code council web site. All exterior doors shall have a landing immediately on the exterior side. Order the 2019 edition of title 24 from the publishers listed on the codes tab.

For all non egress exterior doors the 2003 code update allows a 7 3 4 in. Step down on the interior and up to two steps down to the landing on the exterior regardless of which way the door swings it can only swing over one step. This allowance provides some design flexibility.