| Date |
Text |
| 2022-09-27 10:29:16 | FIRE PROVISO COMMENTS: |
| | 7.2.1.7 PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE. |
| | 7.2.1.7.1 WHERE A DOOR ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO BE |
| | EQUIPPED WITH PANIC OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE, SUCH |
| | HARDWARE SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (1) IT SHALL CONSIST OF A CROSS BAR OR A PUSH PAD, THE |
| | ACTUATING |
| | PORTION OF WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF |
| | OF |
| | THE WIDTH OF THE DOOR LEAF. |
| | (2) IT SHALL BE MOUNTED AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) NEW INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 34 IN. |
| | (865 MM), |
| | AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR. |
| | (B) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 30 |
| | IN. |
| | (760 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), |
| | ABOVE THE FLOOR. |
| | (3) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT A HORIZONTAL FORCE |
| | NOT TO |
| | EXCEED 15 LBF (66 N) ACTUATES THE CROSS BAR OR PUSH PAD |
| | AND LATCHES. |
| | 7.2.1.7.2* ONLY APPROVED FIRE EXIT HARDWARE SHALL BE |
| | USED ON FIRE PROTECTION-RATED DOOR ASSEMBLIES. NEW |
| | PANIC HARDWARE AND NEW FIRE EXIT HARDWARE SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH ANSI/UL 305, STANDARD FOR SAFETY PANIC HARDWARE, |
| | AND ANSI/BHMA A156.3, |
| | EXIT DEVICES. |
| | 7.2.1.7.3 REQUIRED PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT |
| | HARDWARE, IN OTHER THAN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL |
| | OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 AND |
| | 23, SHALL NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH ANY LOCKING DEVICE, SET |
| | SCREW, OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT PREVENTS THE RELEASE |
| | OF THE LATCH WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE RELEASING |
| | DEVICE. |
| | 7.2.1.7.4 DEVICES THAT HOLD THE LATCH IN THE RETRACTED |
| | POSITION SHALL BE PROHIBITED ON FIRE EXIT HARDWARE, |
| | UNLESS SUCH DEVICES ARE LISTED AND APPROVED FOR SUCH A |
| | PURPOSE. |
| | |
| | C. WALKER |
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| | 561-804-4762 |
| | |
| | [email protected] |
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