The ibc commentary clarifies that this protection could occur at the hoistway or at the elevator lobby doors and states solutions include concepts such as a door sweep trench drains sloped floors curbs and gasketed openings which may be used individually or in combination.
Elevator lobby fire doors.
Knowing whether your elevator lobby fire doors are compliant can be difficult.
Other methods may also be available to meet this intent.
The icc recognizes the combination of the normally fire rated elevator hoistway doors and the rolling magnetic gasketing system which deploys an air tight film over the shaft door as an approved alternative for an enclosed elevator lobby.
In addition to the requirements in section 709 for fire partitions doors protecting openings in the elevator lobby enclosure walls shall also comply with section 711 5 3 and penetrations of the elevator lobby enclosure by ducts and air.
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Elevator lobby doors syntégra door system as with all syntégra door systems we use a full height semi concealed hinge and a full height hinge with flush hardware to create an architecturally pleasing installation that eliminates unsightly hardware.