Building code question

[Kirwan]

We have a loft style room in our house that we want to put some sort of door on. Basically you go up a set of stairs to the room.

I understand there are restrictions about having doors directly in front of stairs?

Just wondering what the options might be before getting a builder out to take a look.

[jegga]

Have a look at page 31 , it depends on which way the door onto the stairwell is hung . Also you’ll have make provision for a handrail and it will need to balusters or similar to meet code.

https://www.building.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/building-code-compliance/d-access/d1-access-routes/asvm/d1-access-routes-amendment-5.pdf

[Kirwan]

Thanks for the reply. The stairs have a handrail already, so the bit I’m confused about is the landing requirement.

If the door opens out from the stairs, do you need a landing? Or in other words, can you have a door hard up against the stairs?

Or do I need look into accordion door options?

[Kirwan]

Realised, I’m not mentioning I want the door at the bottom of the stairs

[canefan]

@kirwan said in Building code question:

Realised, I’m not mentioning I want the door at the bottom of the stairs

Next you'll be telling us the door must only open from the outside?

No need to look so surprised......