Door Swing For Elevator Machine Room

On our projects we rarely have elevator machine rooms with double doors.

Door swing for elevator machine room.

Elevator safety is a critical consideration for builders who have state safety codes to follow permits to obtain and regular inspections to pass. The elevator machine room is served by several branches off of an existing preaction system which serves a large mechanical room on the same level as the elevator machine room. Motion or heat detecting devices used to turn on or off the lights in the machine room pit car or the car top are prohibited. Access doors shall be provided for all elevator machine rooms or enclosures and shall conform to the following.

Flush to the hoistway various interlocks square profile. 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. 3 4 setback from hoistway car gate required square profile. 762mm and a minimum height of 6 ft 1 83m for machine rooms and a minimum height of 30 in.

Building the rooms to code means following the proper asme. B for machine rooms and control rooms inside the room and on the lock jamb side of the access door. We usually have a large 4 0 single door. Prior to our work a study was provided to determine scope and construction costs.

Flush to the hoistway allows for hall station splayed profile. The landing must be sized to allow the full swing of the door plus 24 inches if the door swings outward or 29 5 inches if the door swings inward. 762mm for other spaces specified in sections 3011 e 2 and 3011 e 3. Add new paragraph after b.

The american society of mechanical engineers publishes the construction standards for elevator equipment rooms. 2 7 9 2 temperature and humidity. 3 4 setback from hoistway car gate required splayed profile. Install a non combustible weather resistant stair to machine room if applicable machine room door.

In that study the author claims the elevator machine room must be on its own.