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Is a landing required outside the door on a screened porch? Walt 07-15-2006
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Posted by Walt on July 15, 2006, 7:41 pm
I am building a screen porch. It is approx 10-11' above grade and will
have stairs down to grade. Is a landing required by the IRC outside
the screen door? It will swing into the porch.

Thanks,
Walt


Posted by Glenn on July 15, 2006, 7:45 pm
I would prefer at least a 3" landing but no code that I know of
requires a landing ahead of your basement stairs so code wise,
I'll have to pass.

>I am building a screen porch. It is approx 10-11' above
> grade and will have stairs down to grade. Is a landing
> required by the IRC outside the screen door? It will
> swing into the porch.
>
> Thanks,
> Walt


Posted by John Reddy on July 16, 2006, 6:38 am

> I would prefer at least a 3" landing but no code that I know of
> requires a landing ahead of your basement stairs so code wise,
> I'll have to pass.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that you mean a 3 foot
landing and not a 3 inch landing.

Posted by Glenn on July 16, 2006, 10:45 am
That's a good strong limb. :)

>
>> I would prefer at least a 3" landing but no code that I
>> know of requires a landing ahead of your basement stairs
>> so code wise, I'll have to pass.
>
> I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that you
> mean a 3 foot landing and not a 3 inch landing.

Posted by Willshak on July 16, 2006, 6:52 am
Walt wrote:
> I am building a screen porch. It is approx 10-11' above grade and will
> have stairs down to grade. Is a landing required by the IRC outside
> the screen door? It will swing into the porch.
>
> Thanks,
> Walt
>


I don't know about the code, but for safety reasons, I would put one
there. How would someone, especially a child, open the door while
standing on the steps without moving out of the way of the swinging door?

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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