California Building Code Exterior Door Landing

For all non egress exterior doors the 2003 code update allows a 7 3 4 in.

California building code exterior door landing.

Where exterior landings or floors serving the required egress door are not at grade they shall be provided with access to grade by means of a ramp in. The building codes that california uses are based on those found in the uniform building code or ubc instituted in 1927. Title 24 part 2 section 2 3303 i 1 and i 2 exception. 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.

The landing or floor on the exterior side shall be not more than 7 3 4 inches 196 mm below the top of the threshold provided the door does not swing over the landing or floor. The width of each landing shall not be less than the door served. Change without regulatory effect providing more legible figure e 1 filed 2 9 2009 pursuant to section 100 title 1 california code of regulations register 2009 no. Go back to article 2 table of contents.

Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet. Where a door opens over a landing the landing shall be at least as wide as the door and at least 5 feet long. 2019 california building standards code title 24 education outreach. Published july 1 2019.

Building codes for exterior doors. The width of each landing shall be not less than the door served. Effective january 1 2020. R311 3 floors and landings at exterior doors there shall be a landing or floor on each side of.

Order the 2019 edition of title 24 from the publishers listed on the codes tab. This handout is intended to provide only general information contact the building. There shall be a landing or floor on each side of each exterior door. 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.