Elevator Machine Room Door Requirements

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Elevator machine room door requirements.

A have a minimum width of 30 in. On our projects we rarely have elevator machine rooms with double doors. Although asme a17 1 allows doors to machine rooms to have a width of 29 5 inches the ibc requires a minimum clear width of 32 inches. Condition triggers 1 or 1 hour.

An elevator machine room must be provided for each individual elevator or elevator group. We usually have a large 4 0 single door. Elevator safety is a critical consideration for builders who have state safety codes to follow permits to obtain and regular inspections to pass. 762mm for other spaces specified in sections 3011 e 2 and 3011 e 3.

Access doors shall be provided for all elevator machine rooms or enclosures and shall conform to the following. Only elevator related equipment is allowed inside the control room. D the common wall floor or ceiling between the machine room and the hoistway is properly fire stopped. Location of machine rooms and control rooms.

762mm and a minimum height of 6 ft 1 83m for machine rooms and a minimum height of 30 in. Provide light switch and 110 vac gfi outlet in the control room with switch located adjacent to the door. Location of machinery spaces machine rooms control spaces control rooms and equipment 2 7 6 1. We always put an exit device on the inside of the door and swing the door out of the room so that if someone is injured while working on the elevator equipment they can get out without trying to grasp the hardware and pull the door open.

Access doors for control spaces outside the hoistway shall conform to width and height requirements of section 2 7 3 4 2. For facilities not located in a flood zone locate hydraulic elevator machine rooms on the lowest landing served by the elevator. If access to the machine room is across a roof a stairway with a swing door shall be provided to the roof from the floor below roof access hatches are not permitted. The american society of mechanical engineers publishes the construction standards for elevator equipment rooms.

Iii in all other cases the machine room and access door must have the same rating as the machine room hoistway enclosure. Building the rooms to code means following the proper asme. After the last sentence add. A single disconnecting means for the car light and accessories shall be located in the control room and arranged to be locked in the open position.