NFPA 101 vs !BC and ADA

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Author Message Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 827 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Monday, July 24, 2017 - 11:37 am:    This came up on a project in the southeast. In this case the building department enforces the IBC but in their amendments they have replaced chapter 10 with NPFA 101. NFPA Life safety code is the overriding code in this jurisdiction and it calls for 2 ¼” clearance for hand rails. This overrides the standard 1 ½” we have been using. Please see the link below: http://www.wagnercompanies.com/handrail-bracket-clearance/ Don Harris CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: don_harris Post Number: 296 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 04:38 pm:    Wayne, Can you be more specific about the jurisdiction? Thanks dharris_at_designcollective.com Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 828 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 04:41 pm:    City of Brookhaven Dekalb County, GA Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 973 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, July 28, 2017 - 03:59 pm:    Tony Leto was in our office last week. He has a lot of information about the confusing requirements for railing height, diameter, and clearance. His comment about the larger clearance was that firefighters like it because they wear bulky gloves. Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1426 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Monday, July 31, 2017 - 08:36 pm:    thanks! that is a useful bit of information to pass along to our PAs.