Elevator Machine Room Door Swing Requirements

Provide light switch and 110 vac gfi outlet in the control room with switch located adjacent to the door.

Elevator machine room door swing requirements.

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. Location of machine rooms and control rooms. Only elevator related equipment is allowed inside the control room. Access doors for control spaces outside the hoistway shall conform to width and height requirements of section 2 7 3 4 2.

2 27 3 1 5 all fire recall switches shall be pro vided with an illuminated visual signal to indicate when phase i emergency recall operation is in effect. Ensure machine room door swing does not impede on controller and disconnect clearances machine room door shall meet applicable building code requirements for fire rating machine room enclosure. 762mm for other spaces specified in sections 3011 e 2 and 3011 e 3. Access doors shall be provided for all elevator machine rooms or enclosures and shall conform to the following.

By the elevator or in the hoistway or in an elevator machine room or a control space or a control room see 2 27 3 2 shall initiate phase i emergency recall operation. In the elevator machine room or elevator control room. On our projects we rarely have elevator machine rooms with double doors. A have a minimum width of 30 in.

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. For machine rooms and control rooms with double swing doors the doors shall swing out and the switch es shall be located on the wall adjacent to the hinge side of the active door panel. Location of machinery spaces machine rooms control spaces control rooms and equipment 2 7 6 1. 2 elevator machine room control room and control space access doors shall be provided with a sign that reads elevator equipment room authorized personnel.

After the last sentence add. Building the rooms to code means following the proper asme. We usually have a large 4 0 single door. 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.

762mm and a minimum height of 6 ft 1 83m for machine rooms and a minimum height of 30 in.