Exit sign placement

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82angelfan

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Hesperia, Ca
Everyday is a new serving of inspection bull in L0s Angeles. The fire marshal says my exit sign is too far from door.

The sign is 4 feet in front of door, center of door, center of a north south hallway. Hallway makes a right turn (west) but this sign is for path of egress coming south and exiting straight.

down the hallway to the right is also a sign going out west door.

The door is not a path of egress

The ceiling tiles close to door are needed for access to FSDs

Does anyone know of a code.
 
82angelfan said:
Everyday is a new serving of inspection bull in L0s Angeles. The fire marshal says my exit sign is too far from door.

The sign is 4 feet in front of door, center of door, center of a north south hallway. Hallway makes a right turn (west) but this sign is for path of egress coming south and exiting straight.

down the hallway to the right is also a sign going out west door.

The door is not a path of egress

The ceiling tiles close to door are needed for access to FSDs

Does anyone know of a code.
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I am no expert, but I would not argue with the fire marshal.
 
82angelfan said:
Everyday is a new serving of inspection bull in L0s Angeles. The fire marshal says my exit sign is too far from door.

The sign is 4 feet in front of door, center of door, center of a north south hallway. Hallway makes a right turn (west) but this sign is for path of egress coming south and exiting straight.

down the hallway to the right is also a sign going out west door.

The door is not a path of egress

The ceiling tiles close to door are needed for access to FSDs

Does anyone know of a code.
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NFPA 101 - Life Safety


7.10.1.9 Mounting Location.

The bottom of new egress markings shall be located at a vertical distance of not more than 6 ft 8 in. (2030 mm) above the top edge of the egress opening intended for designation by that marking. Egress markings shall be located at a horizontal distance of not more than the required width of the egress opening, as measured from the edge of the egress opening intended for designation by that marking to the nearest edge of the marking.
 
ron said:
Seems weird that you would have an exit sign that is not in the path of egress, but the Building code for the City of Los Angeles just says in part
The path of egress travel to exits and within exits shall be marked by readily visible exit signs ......

Readily visible is a tough thing to enforce, but it is subjective and not objective because it is not defined in that code.

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There is a path of egress, but THAT door is a locked door and not part of it. Part of the issue is that this idiot superintendent brought in the fire marshal to early, so the path of egress and purpose of rooms was unclear. When the fire marshal walked the job there were only door frames. The door in question leads to a shower and lockers for the staff.
 
If I am understanding this correctly the exit sign is placed before the hallway and at the door (not above the frame but lined up to the door in the north south hallway) that enters a locker room? So the actual exit is the hallway but because it is lined up with or in front of the locker room, someone might try to exit through the locker room?

Am I understanding this correctly? Was that the fire marshals point?
 
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