3.4.6.14 — Sliding Doors

(1) Except as permitted by Sentences (2) and 3.3.1.10. (5), a sliding door provided in the locations described in Article 3.3.1.10. shall, (a) be designed and installed to swing on the vertical axis in the direction of travel to the exit when pressure is applied, and (b) be identified as a swinging door by means of a label or decal affixed to it. (2) In a Group B, Division 1 occupancy, or in an impeded egress zone in other occupancies, sliding doors used in an access to exit need not conform to Sentence (1) and Article 3.3.1.10. (3) Movable partitions used to separate a public corridor from an adjacent business and personal services occupancy or a mercantile occupancy need not conform to Sentence (1) and Sentences 3.3.1.10. (1) and (2) provided the partitions are not located in the only means of egress.

(1) Except as required by Article 3.3.3.4. and Sentences 3.3.4.11. (11), 3.8.3.3. (1) and (2), a door that opens into or is located within a public corridor or other facility that provides access to exit from a suite, (a) shall provide a clear opening of not less than 800 mm, if there is only one door leaf, (b) shall, in a doorway with multiple leaves, have the active leaf providing a clear opening of not less than 800 mm, (c) shall not open onto a step, and (d) shall not have a threshold more than 13 mm higher than the floor surface except where, (i) the threshold is used to contain spillage, or (ii) the doorway provides access to an exterior balcony, other than a balcony required by Sentence 3.3.1.7. (2). (2) A door in an access to exit shall be readily openable in travelling to an exit without requiring keys, special devices or specialized knowledge of the door opening mechanism, except that this requirement does not apply to a door serving a contained use area, or an impeded egress zone, provided the locking devices conform to Sentence (6). (3) Except as permitted by Sentence (4), door release hardware shall be operable by one hand and the door shall be openable with not more than one releasing operation. (4) Except in a retirement home, an egress door from an individual dwelling unit or from a suite of residential occupancy is permitted to be provided with additional devices that require a releasing operation additional to the main door release hardware, provided the devices are readily operable from the inside without the use of keys, special devices or specialized knowledge. (5) Door release hardware shall be installed not more than 1 200 mm above the finished floor. (6) A door in a means of egress serving a contained use area or an impeded egress zone is permitted to be equipped with locking devices that can be released either locally or remotely in conformance with Sentence (7) or (8). (7) Local locking devices permitted by Sentence (6) shall be operable by a key from both sides of the door. (8) Controls for the remote release of door locking devices permitted by Sentence (6) shall be located in an area readily available to security personnel. (9) Locking devices permitted by Sentence (6) that are electrically operated shall be, (a) designed to operate on emergency power, and (b) capable of manual release by security personnel. (10) A door in an access to exit is permitted to be equipped with an electromagnetic locking device conforming to Sentence 3.4.6.16. (4), except that this permission does not apply to a door, (a) in an elementary or secondary school, (b) a door leading from a Group F, Division 1 occupancy, or (c) except as provided in Sentence (11), requiring a latch release device by Article 3.3.2.6. (11) A door in an access to exit in a gaming premise is permitted to be equipped with an electromagnetic locking device conforming to Sentences 3.4.6.16. (4) and (7).

(1) Except as permitted by Sentences (2) to (4) and Article 3.4.6.14., every exit door shall, (a) open in the direction of exit travel, and (b) swing on its vertical axis. (2) A door serving a single dwelling unit shall swing on its vertical axis. (3) Except in a high hazard industrial occupancy, an exit door need not swing in the direction of exit travel where it serves, (a) a room, suite or floor area having an occupant load of not more than 60 persons, or (b) as part of a means of egress from more than one floor area and the floor areas so served have a total occupant load of not more than 60 persons. (4) Exit doors need not conform to Sentence (1) where they serve, (a) storage garages serving not more than one dwelling unit, (b) accessory buildings serving not more than one dwelling unit, or (c) storage suites not more than 28 m2 in area that are on the first storey of a warehouse and open directly outdoors at ground level.