Elevator Machine Room Door Swing Requirements

The american society of mechanical engineers publishes the construction standards for elevator equipment rooms.

Elevator machine room door swing requirements.

762mm for other spaces specified in sections 3011 e 2 and 3011 e 3. Elevator safety is a critical consideration for builders who have state safety codes to follow permits to obtain and regular inspections to pass. 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. Location of machinery spaces machine rooms control spaces control rooms and equipment 2 7 6 1.

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. 2 elevator machine room control room and control space access doors shall be provided with a sign that reads elevator equipment room authorized personnel. By the elevator or in the hoistway or in an elevator machine room or a control space or a control room see 2 27 3 2 shall initiate phase i emergency recall operation. Location of machine rooms and control rooms.

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. For machine rooms and control rooms with double swing doors the doors shall swing out and the switch es shall be located on the wall adjacent to the hinge side of the active door panel. Access doors shall be provided for all elevator machine rooms or enclosures and shall conform to the following. 2 27 3 1 5 all fire recall switches shall be pro vided with an illuminated visual signal to indicate when phase i emergency recall operation is in effect.

On our projects we rarely have elevator machine rooms with double doors. In the elevator machine room or elevator control room. We usually have a large 4 0 single door. After the last sentence add.

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. Only elevator related equipment is allowed inside the control room. 762mm and a minimum height of 6 ft 1 83m for machine rooms and a minimum height of 30 in. Ensure machine room door swing does not impede on controller and disconnect clearances machine room door shall meet applicable building code requirements for fire rating machine room enclosure.

Access doors for control spaces outside the hoistway shall conform to width and height requirements of section 2 7 3 4 2.