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• IBC 713.1

  General

  • Applies to shafts protecting floor and roof openings; exit stairs follow 1023.

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• IBC 713.2

  Construction

  • Shafts are fire barriers and/or horizontal assemblies.

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• IBC 713.3

  Materials

  • Materials allowed for the construction type.

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• IBC 713.4

  Fire-resistance rating

  • Shafts connecting four or more stories (counting basements) are 2-hour, fewer 1-hour, and at least the floor's rating.

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• IBC 713.5

  Continuity

  • Shaft continuity per 707.5 or 711.2.2.

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• IBC 713.6

  Exterior walls

  • Exterior walls in a shaft follow 705.

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• IBC 713.7

  Openings

  • Shaft openings protected per 716; doors self- or smoke-closing.

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• IBC 713.8

  Penetrations

  • Penetrations per 714; protected beams may penetrate.

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• IBC 713.9

  Joints

  • Joints per 715.

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• IBC 713.10

  Duct and air transfer openings

  • Ducts per 717.

  Works withIBC 717

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• IBC 713.11

  Enclosure at the bottom

  • Shafts not reaching the bottom are closed with rated construction, end in a related rated room, or get fire dampers.

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• IBC 713.12

  Enclosure at top

  • Shafts reach the roof deck, close with a rated top, or extend through the roof per 1511.

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• IBC 713.13

  Waste, recycling and linen chutes and incinerator rooms

  • Chutes follow NFPA 82 and 713.13.1 to 713.13.6, except within one dwelling unit.

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• IBC 713.14

  Elevator, dumbwaiter and other hoistways

  • Hoistways follow 712; enclosed ones are shafts per 713 and Chapter 30.

  Works withIBC Chapter 30

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• IBC 713.7.1

  Prohibited openings

  • Only openings serving the shaft's purpose.

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• IBC 713.8.1

  Prohibited penetrations

  • Only penetrations serving the shaft; outside membrane penetrations allowed.

  Works withIBC 714.4.2

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• IBC 713.12.1

  Penthouse mechanical rooms

  • No fire/smoke damper where a shaft enters a rooftop structure, with ducts connected directly to equipment.

  Works withIBC 1511

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• IBC 713.13.1

  Waste, recycling and linen chute enclosures

  • Chute shafts serve only chutes, rated per 713.4, with self-closing doors not in corridors.

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• IBC 713.13.2

  Materials

  • Materials allowed for the construction type.

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• IBC 713.13.3

  Chute access rooms

  • Chute access rooms are 1-hour with ¾-hour smoke-closing doors.

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• IBC 713.13.4

  Chute discharge room

  • Discharge rooms are rated like the shaft; chutes don't end in incinerator rooms.

  Works withIBC 509.1

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• IBC 713.13.5

  Incinerator room

  • Incinerator rooms per Table 509.1.

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• IBC 713.13.6

  Automatic sprinkler system

  • Chutes sprinklered per 903.2.11.2.

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• IBC 3002.1

  Hoistway protection

  • Elevator hoistways follow 712 and 713; enclosed hoistways are shaft enclosures.

  Works withIBC 713IBC 712

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• IBC 707.3.1

  Shaft enclosures

  • Shaft barriers per 713.4.

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• IBC 707.3.3

  Enclosures for exit access stairways

  • Exit access stair enclosures per 713.4.

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• IBC 707.7.1

  Prohibited penetrations

  • Penetrations into shafts, exit stairs and exit passageways only as 713.8.1, 1023.5 and 1024.6 allow.

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• IBC 712.1.1

  Shaft enclosures

  • Openings entirely within a 713 shaft are allowed.

  Works withIBC 713

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• IBC 602.4.1.6

  Shafts

  • Shafts follow 713 and 718, with both faces of mass timber protected.

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• IBC 602.4.2.6

  Shafts

  • Shafts follow 713 and 718 with both faces protected.

  Works withIBC 713IBC 718

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