The clear height above and below a mezzanine shall not be less than 7 feet.
Mezzanine stair requirements.
Ibc allowable use as means of egress.
Stair riser heights shall be 7 inches 178mm maximum and 4 inches 102mm minimum.
Mezzanine stair requirements mezzanine code standards guide a very common application for industrial metal stairs is access to mezzanines.
Summary of mezzanine code requirements a mezzanine is an intermediate level between the floor and ceiling of any story.
Mezzanine floor staircase construction mezzanine floor staircases are either manufactured and constructed from rectangular hollow section or flat plate steel with the handrail vertical posts 1500mm nominal centers welded to them and the top rail handrail section generally 50mm x 50mm x 2mm box section fully welded to them.
Where a floor has only one access stair it must almost always be of the general access stair type though a lower standard may apply where the access is used only for maintenance.
Most new mezzanine floors are required to have a minimum of one general access stair.
In buildings of group i 3 from a guard tower observation station or control room not more than.
The riser height shall be measured vertically between the nosing s of adjacent treads.
Utility stair access based on industrial settings a minimum of 800mm is required between handrails with open contrasting rises maximum rise of 190mm and maximum going of 250mm.
Rectangular tread depths shall be 11 inches 279 mm minimum measured horizontally between the vertical planes of the foremost projection of adjacent treads and at a right angle to the tread s nosing.
Table d 1 gives rise tread dimensions which will produce a stairway within the permissible range stating the angle to the horizontal produced.
A maximum of 12 rises per flight except in small premises where 16 risers per flight is acceptable.
1910 24 e angle of stairway rise fixed stairs shall be installed at angles to the horizontal of between 30 deg.
A common question we get is whether or not mezzanines require ibc compliant stairs or osha compliant.
These mezzanines are typically used for storage work space office space or other general use conditions.
Any uniform combination of rise tread dimensions may be used that will result in a stairway at an angle to the horizontal within the permissible range.