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4.7.2 No exit doorway shall be less than 1 000 mm in a) Residential buildings (dwellings) 1.

0 m
width except assembly buildings where door width b) Residential hotel buildings 1.5 m
shall be not less than 2 000 mm. Doorways shall be c) Assembly buildings like auditorium, 2.0 m
not less than 2 000 mm in height. theatres and cinemas
4.7.3 Exit doorways shall open outwards, that is, away d) Educational buildings up to 30 m in 1.5 m
from the room, but shall not obstruct the travel along height
any exit. No door, when opened, shall reduce the e) Institutional buildings like hospitals 2.0 m
required width of stairway or landing to less than f) All other buildings 1.5 m
900 mm; overhead or sliding doors shall not be
installed. 4.9.7 The minimum width of tread without nosing
shall be 250 mm for internal staircase of residential
NOTE - In the case of buildings where there is a central
corridor, the doors of rooms shall open inwards to permit
buildings. This shall be 300 mm for assembly, hotels,
smooth flow of traffic in the corridor. educational, institutional,business and other buildings.
The treads shall be constructed and maintained in a
4.7.4 Exit door shall not open immediately upon a manner to prevent slipping.
flight of stairs; a landing equal to at least the width of
the door shall be provided in the stairway at each 4.9.8 The maximum height of riser shall be 190 mrn
doorway; the level of landing shall be the same as that for residential buildings and 150 mrn for other buildings
of the floor which it serves. and the number shall be limited to 15 per flight.
4.7.5 Exit doorways shall be openable from the side 4.9.9 Handrails shall be provided at a height of
which they serve without the use of a key. 1 000 rnrn to be measured from the base of the middle
of the treads to the top of the handrails. Balusterslrailing
4.7.6 Mirrors shall not be placed in exit ways or exit shall be provided such that the width of staircase does
doors to avoid confusion regarding the direction of exit. not reduce (see Fig. 1).
4.8 Corridors and Passageways 4.9.10 The number of people in between floor landings
in staircase shall not be less than the population on
4.8.1 Exit corridors and passageways shall be of width each floor for the purpose of design of staircase. The
not less than the aggregate required width of exit design of staircase shall also take into account the
doorways leading from them in the direction of travel following:
to the exterior.
The minimum headroom in a passage under
4.8.2 Where stairways discharge through corridors and the landing of a staircase and under the
passageways, the height of corridors and passageways staircase shall be 2.2 m.
shall be not less than 2.4 m. For building 15 m in height or more, access
4.8.3 All means of exit including staircases lifts lobbies to main staircase shall be through a firelsmoke
and corridors shall be adequately ventilated. check door of a minimum 2 h fire resistance
rating. Fire resistance rating may be reduced
4.9 Internal Staircases to 1 h for residential buildings (except hotels
4.9.1 Internal stairs shall be constructed of non- and starred hotels).
combustible materials throughout. No living space, store or other fire risk shall
open directly iqto the staircase or staircases.
4.9.2 Internal stairs shall be constructed as a self-
External exit door of staircase enclosure at
contained unit with an external wall of the building
ground level shall open directly to the open
constituting at least one of its sides and shall be
spaces or through a large lobby, if necessary.
completely enclosed.
The main and external staircases shall be
4.9.3 A staircase shall not be arranged round a lift shaft. continuous from ground floor to the terrace
4.9.4 Hollow combustible construction shall not be level.
permitted. No electrical shaftslAC ducts or gas pipes, etc,
shall pass through or open in the staircases.
4.9.5 No gas piping or electrical panels shall be Lifts shall not open in staircase.
allowed in the stairway. Ducting in stairway may be
No combustible material shall be used for
permitted if it is of 1 h fire resistance rating.
decorationlwall paneling in the staircase.
4.9.6 Notwithstanding the detailed provision for exits Beams/columns and other building features
in accordance with 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, the following shall not reduce the head roodwidth of the
minimum width shall be provided for staircases: staircase.

NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF INDIA

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