Consider a room with a mezzanine. For simplicity's sake lets call it a square box, type VB, NS. The square box has a mezzanine running the perimeter of the floor below, like a race track going around it. (This is not a gym with a racetrack). A portion of the mezzanine is cut off by walls that...
Hi, I was hoping somebody could enlighten me about the reason why the IBC (2015) 505.2.1 forces a designer to enlarge the building until the unenclosed areas of the room enclosing the mezzanine amount to three times the mezzanine area: 505.1 General. Mezzanines shall comply with Section 505.2...
The mezzanine is a "floor" and the level of exit discharge is at the floor level below (even though the mezzanine is part of that story). ClassicT provided one interpretation that is possible and I've provided another interpretation that is possible--this is just an extremely gray area of the code.
A mezzanine is not considered a "floor" so therefore an elevator connecting the first floor and mezzanine would not need to be located in a rated shaft, correct?
I am only allowed two stories but have 26' total height to play with and am thinking about incorporating a mezzanine into our design. Am I allowed to build underneath the mezzanine. I would like to put a closet and bathroom under the mezzanine. Would that be allowed?
Mezzanine Size Calculation Hello, I am designing a home with a mezzanine level. The home will have sprinklers. I am trying to max out the size of the mezzanine and am told that I can build up to 50% of the room below. My question is how are the stairs treated to and from the mezzanine. Are stairs to the mezzanine...
A municipality in our region is constructing an aircraft hangar. NFPA 409 is a document being used as a reference in the design. The proposed design (which I haven't seen) features an open second storey that under Canadian codes cannot be considered a mezzanine. [In National Building Code of...
This might get complicated, I will do my best. Mixed use, single occupant type V-B building, B and M, non-sprinklered, non-separated. (lots of assumptions based on observations because the architect didn't tell me) I have a proposed mezzanine to be placed above an existing mixed use M-retail...