Double Egress Door Requirements

Minimum side room requirements while providing maximum width.

Double egress door requirements.

While egress doors open in opposite directions double acting doors can open in both directions due to the pivot hinges also known as the double acting hinge. A double egress frame is a double door frame prepared to receive two single acting doors swinging in opposite directions both doors are the same hand. The door that connects any room to an exit route must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is designed to be occupied by more than 50 people or if the room is a high hazard area i e contains contents that are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or explode. Double egress doors differ from double acting doors both in application and purpose.

It can comprise either a single door or a pair of doors where one is considered as the active door. Clearance at the bottom of the door is limited to inch. Doors in a means of egress may have electrified hardware and the model codes include requirements for electrified applications such as delayed egress locks controlled egress in health care facilities stairwell reentry and electromagnetic locks released by a sensor or by door mounted hardware. An egress door must be between 32 inches and 48 inches in width as measured between the face of the fully opened door 90 degrees and the stop on the door frame for double doors this measurement is from the face of the door to the edge of the other door leaf or mullion.

Swinging doors must be double egress pairs each leaf swinging in the opposite direction. Our flush exit device on 7 8 pairs or double egress doors creates a 44 opening clearance per door. In most countries such doors are regulated by local building codes which stipulate how many doors are required and the requirements for each exit. These openings are installed in cross corrid.

An egress door is an exit designed to allow the occupants of a building to evacuate safely during an emergency. The unique design of the de series frame allows for the use of swing clear hinges.