Knowing whether your elevator lobby fire doors are compliant can be difficult.
Elevator lobby door hardware.
The lobby enclosure shall separate the elevator shaft enclosure doors from each floor by smoke partitions.
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.
The provisions for delayed egress locks and access controlled egress doors are not applied to elevator lobby doors.
The 2009 edition included a requirement that the electronic lock on the lobby door must not be supplied with emergency or standby electrical power but this requirement was removed from the 2012 edition of nfpa 101 and nfpa 5000.
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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.
Swing doors whether enclosing an elevator lobby or mounted at the elevator door on a magnetic hold open are highly susceptible to tenant tampering.