Elevator Machine Room Door Requirements

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

Elevator machine room door requirements.

762mm and a minimum height of 6 ft 1 83m for machine rooms and a minimum height of 30 in. Access doors for control spaces outside the hoistway shall conform to width and height requirements of section 2 7 3 4 2. 762mm for other spaces specified in sections 3011 e 2 and 3011 e 3. 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.

For facilities not located in a flood zone locate hydraulic elevator machine rooms on the lowest landing served by the elevator. 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. Building the rooms to code means following the proper asme. 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.

On our projects we rarely have elevator machine rooms with double doors. Condition triggers 1 or 1 hour. The elevator machine and controller must be located in the elevator machine room. We usually have a large 4 0 single door.

Provide light switch and 110 vac gfi outlet in the control room with switch located adjacent to the door. Elevator safety is a critical consideration for builders who have state safety codes to follow permits to obtain and regular inspections to pass. Location of machinery spaces machine rooms control spaces control rooms and equipment 2 7 6 1. 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.

C 1 2 elevator machine room requirements 1. D the common wall floor or ceiling between the machine room and the hoistway is properly fire stopped. An elevator machine room must be provided for each individual elevator or elevator group. Location of machine rooms and control rooms.

When doors need to be rated a 1 hour door is sufficient for a 2 hour rated room. Only elevator related equipment is allowed inside the control room. After the last sentence add. Fire extinguisher provided in the machine control room asme a17 1 rule 8 6 normally operable door closer with self locking lockset from within machine room provided asme a17 1 rule 2 7 3 4 machine control room provides 19 foot candles of illumination at floor level asme a17 1 rule 2 7 9.