Balcony lights

Status
Not open for further replies.
My opinion of the NEC on this seems to have been of those "myth" codes ~ "That's the way....".

In my area, it's the rare occurance that a home will have "grade-level access" (full basements, 1/4 - 1/2 above grade).

In my mind, "...with grade level access..." means no stairs.

What exactly does "...with grade level access..." mean/imply?
No steps, 1-2-3-#? stairs?


http://forums.mikeholt.com/showpost.php?p=685075&postcount=36
 
celtic said:
In my mind, "...with grade level access..." means no stairs.
Click to expand...

In my mind grade level access can mean no stairs or a thousand stairs.

What your describing in my opinion is 'at grade' not grade level access.

If you had a 5th floor balcony and had stairs directly from that balcony to grade level that balcony would have grade level access.
 
iwire said:
In my mind grade level access can mean no stairs or a thousand stairs.
Click to expand...
Now that becomes a problem...
celtic said:
On one of my nightly walks with my kids, I passed 2 homes that were built within the past year or so by the same GCs, ECs, PCs, etc ....both inspected by the same individual/s....
...one had a front porch light ....one didn't.
Both have been occupied for months/minimum one-year.
Click to expand...
From #24


Both of these homes had no less than 10' from front door to "grade" (I didn't count the steps...probably 12 -15)

I agree number of stairs does not change " grade level access" ....but WTF happened at these homes?
I think I'll need to take a walk when it's dark out ....maybe the light was "hidden" on the one?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top