Can you put a roof access ladder in a fire escape?
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Today I'm here to talk to you about using a roof access, typically a ladder in a fire escape. As you know, they're often the only common area, so they're a very popular option.
We get asked a lot. Can we put a ladder in a fire escape? What is a very popular option is to increase the slab at the top of the landing a little bit larger. So you make it nine hundred wide and a meter deep, and it gives you a nice footprint in order to mount a fixed ladder to. And then you have a cage extender that prevents you from falling down the staircase.
That is a very effective way to introduce a fixed ladder. Number one, it doesn't impede the flow of egress. It doesn't impact the clearances around the hydrants. It's clear of door swings typically, and it's a fixed ladder so it's a fully compliant safe means to access the roof.
We have a blog on this and that's got a few diagrams examples of projects we've done in the past. Happy reading.