Commercial Building Stair Carpet Requirements

We outline the differences between industrial style stairs and commercial stairs along with their related safety codes.

Commercial building stair carpet requirements.

A wide range of co ordinating products designed to enhance and protect commercial office interiors. 2 the lrv colour requirements of the stair nosing tread and riser. The colour of the stair nosing is required to differ from that of the floor covering. Actually there is a small variance between the documents but the consensus is now that the dimensions as shown meet the requirements.

Commercial stairs built for the general public the international building code ibc regulates any set of stairs used by the public including any stairway that connects a building to a public space. Building regs k m bs8300 and bs9266. When beginning construction on a new building or doing renovations on an existing structure it is important to be familiar with the different regulations. Several components are looked at such as stair width headroom riser and tread heights.

Select from carpet and vinyl tiles stair edgings floor trims barrier matting and wall protection systems. After seeing the popularity of my post on residential stair design i thought it made sense to explain the guidelines from the 2006 international building code for commercial buildings and common stairs in buildings with more than two dwelling units it is much more complex and there are some exceptions if you need them so please contact me if you need help.