Remember doors in a path of egress and doors on an accessible route are typically required to have a clear opening width of at least 32 inches.
Sliding door fully open egress width.
As long as the horizontal sliding door systems meet those performance standards they are allowed.
Encroachments into the required means of egress width shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.
So if a typical breakaway icu door panel only opens 90 degrees and you specified an icu door with a 51 5 wide sliding door panel the corridor width would need to be.
1010 1 4 3 special purpose horizontal sliding accordion or folding doors.
Clear opening width the minimum allowable clear opening width for a sliding or folding door that is part of an accessible route is 32 inches.
Note that a window opening that s the bare minimum of 24 in.
A window has to be taller and or wider than these minimums to meet the 5 7 sq ft opening requirement.
The hardware is mounted to the side of the door facing away from the adjacent wall where the.
The door shall swing to a full open position when subjected to a 15 pound 67 n force.
In other than group h occupancies special purpose horizontal sliding accordion or folding door assemblies permitted to be a component of a means of egress in accordance with.
Notwithstanding these doors can be extremely heavy requiring a trolley and roller system capable of carrying the load smoothly and.
Landings shall have a width not less than the width of the stairway or the door whichever is greater.
Doors in the fully open position shall not reduce a required dimension by more than 7 inches 178 mm.
Doors when fully opened shall not reduce the required width by more than 7 inches 178 mm.
So for a 3 foot door that is hung on 4 1 2 inch wide hinges with a inch hinge backset and a 5 8 inch stop the calculation would be 36 inches frame opening width 2 inches half of the hinge width inch hinge backset 5 8 inch frame stop for a total of 32 7 8 inches of clear width.
96 required corridor width 7 allowable encroachment 89 51 5 icu door panel width 140 5 13 4 1 2 corridor width.
Projecting hardware that prevents the door from sliding completely open will affect the clear opening width.