The design of the room typically determines the left or right swing designation for doors.
Which side should the lock go on basement stairs door.
Our original plan had been to reduce the noise transfer between teenage rec room area and family.
Here unprotected side or edge means an open stairway that is stairs that do not run along an enclosing building wall.
An inward opening door should swing in the direction needed to provide adequate passage.
The ibc specifically states that stairway discharge doors shall be openable from the egress side and shall only be locked from the opposite side there is no requirement in the ibc or nfpa 101 5000 for the exterior doors to automatically unlock and provide firefighter access although it may be required by some local jurisdictions.
Hi everyone we had planned for a door leading to our basement stairs as per plan below.
I keep seeing them lock from the top side which locks someone in the stairwell if they were trying to exit up.
Basement walkout doors covers.
There may of course be other conditions that need attention but that we cannot.
If it bumps or blocks passage because of a wall barrier or other object when you open it such as a toilet or cabinet the door should swing in the opposite direction.
I will post excerpted photos of the unsafe stairs you ask about along with arrows pointing to unsafe conditions that one can see in the image.
Is there any code regarding which way doors at the top of an interior staircase in this case heading down to a built out basement should lock.