HomeMy WebLinkAboutDoor Packet - Residential Elevator Hoistway Swing Doors, Rev. 2019SOUTHEAST ELEVATOR, INC.
811 EDWARDS ROAD FORT PIERCE, FL 34982
PHONE 772-461-0030 FAX 772-461-9008
www.seelevator.com
Code Requirement for Clearances Between Elevator Swinging Hoistway Door, Landing Edge and Folding Car Door
And Alternative to Compliance: Hoistway Door Space Guard
State of Florida has adopted the modification to ASME 5.3.1.7.2 (sections applicable to the contractor shown below) into
the Florida Building Code, effective July 2016, amended in 2017.
R321.4 Clearance requirements between elevator doors for elevators inside a private residence.
R321.4.1 For elevators installed in a private residence:
a)The distance between the hoistway face of the hoistway doors and the hoistway edge of the landing sill may not
exceed ¾” for swinging doors.
b)2. Folding car doors shall be designed and installed to withstand a force of 75 pounds applied horizontally using a
4-inch-diameter sphere at any location within the folds on the car door without permanent deformation. The
deflection may not exceed ¾ inch and may not displace the door from its guides or tracks. The force must be
applied while the door is in its fully closed position.
c)The distance between the hoistway face of the landing door and the hoistway face if the car door or gate shall
conform to one of the following:
1.If swinging hoistway doors and folding car doors are used and both doors are in the fully closed position, the
space between the hoistway door and the folding door must reject a 4-inch-diameter sphere at all points.
EXCEPTION: As an alternative to compliance with Section R321.4.1, Items 2 through 5, a permanent installation of a non-
removable, hoistway door space guard is allowed. The door space guard must be designed and installed to withstand a
force of 75 pounds applied horizontally using a 4-inch-diameter sphere at any location within the folds on the car door
without permanent deformation. Space guard shall cover the entire shaft-side hoistway door surface.
TYPICAL ELEVATOR SHAFT WITH CODE COMPLIANT HOISTWAY DOOR INSTALLED
•Hoistway doors are provided and installed BY OTHERS (Contractor and/or homeowner)
•Hoistway doors are required to be solid core.
•Due to minimal clearance between hoistway door and hoistway landing edge, a notch must be cut out in the solid core door to accept door lock (supplied
by SEI). The notch will be covered on the lobby side of hoistway door with door lock cover plate (supplied by SEI).
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PICTURED ITEMS:
• Provided by SEI (Southeast Elevator, Inc.): Door locks and door lock cover plates
• Provided BY OTHERS (Contractor and/or Homeowner): Solid core hoistway doors at elevator hoistway, notch cut -out in hoistway door to accept
door lock and door lock cover plate, and all door hardware which includes flush -mount pull ring on shaft side of swing door, ball catch and plate
and dummy-type door handle on lobby side of hoistway door
LOBBY SIDE OF
HOISTWAY
DOOR
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PICTURED ITEMS:
• Provided by SEI (Southeast Elevator, Inc.): Door locks and door lock cover plates
• Provided BY OTHERS (Contractor and/or Homeowner): Swing doors at elevator shaft, notch cut -out in swing door to accept door lock and
cover plate, and all door hardware which includes flush -mount pull ring on shaft side of swing door, ball catch and plate and dummy-type
door handle on lobby side of swing door
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PICTURED ITEMS:
• Provided by SEI (Southeast Elevator, Inc.): Door locks and door lock cover plates
• Provided BY OTHERS (Contractor and/or Homeowner): Solid core hoistway doors at elevator hoistway, notch cut -out in hoistway door to accept
door lock and door lock cover plate, and all door hardware which includes flush -mount pull ring on shaft side of swing door, ball catch and plate
and dummy-type door handle on lobby side of hoistway door
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DOOR HARDWARE
• All door hardware is PROVIDED AND INSTALLED BY OTHERS (Contractor and/or Homeowner).
• Due to minimal clearance between hoistway door and hoistway landing edge, the hardware used on the shaft side of the hoistway door must be flush.
• Being that a standard functioning door knob cannot be used, a dummy door knob should be used on the lobby side of the hoistway door with an
adjustable ball catch .
• EXAMPLES PICTURED BELOW ALONG WITH CLICKABLE LINKS IF VIEWED IN DIGITAL PDF FORMAT.
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•https://www.baserdoorhandles.com/
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•https://www.lowes.com/pl/Door-knobs-Door-hardware-
Hardware/275844998?refinement=693180260
•https://www.lowes.com/pl/Door-handles-Door-hardware-
Hardware/2872583930?refinement=3054491721