Door Width

[nearlythere]

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[ahmedh]

Theres a lot to this apparently simple question. On the face of it, for means of escape from fire provided both leaves open together at the same time in the direction of escape in theory they could be equally sized leaves of 380mm minimum. and of course you have to consider the number of persons who may need to use the exit and provide an appropriate width.

But that would be a nightmare for two way travel unless the doors were double swing and an absolute nightmare for non ambulant persons.

thanks. To put in context, not a special situation and the total width is 1200mm with 2x600mm doors. No more than 110 people and the exit is only used for this purpose with no need for 2 way travel through the doorway as it only serves one area. Just wondering if i would have a DDA issue with the door leaves being under 850mm. I would think not as long as they open together in the direction of travel.