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• IBC 709.1

  General

  • Smoke barriers follow this section.

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• IBC 709.2

  Materials

  • Smoke barriers use materials allowed for the construction type.

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• IBC 709.3

  Fire-resistance rating

  • Smoke barriers are 1-hour (0.10-in steel allowed in I-3).

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• IBC 709.4

  Continuity

  • Smoke barriers form a continuous membrane floor to deck through concealed spaces, with rated supports except in IIB/IIIB/VB.

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• IBC 709.5

  Openings

  • Openings follow 716; opposite-swinging corridor door pairs allowed in I-1/I-2/ambulatory care.

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• IBC 709.6

  Penetrations

  • Penetrations follow 714.

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• IBC 709.7

  Joints

  • Joints follow 715.

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• IBC 709.8

  Ducts and air transfer openings

  • Ducts follow 717.

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• IBC 709.4.1

  Smoke-barrier assemblies separating smoke compartments

  • Compartment barriers run wall to wall and to the floors.

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• IBC 709.4.2

  Smoke-barrier walls enclosing areas of refuge or elevator lobbies

  • Refuge and lobby barriers end at 1-hour walls, other smoke barriers or outside walls.

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• IBC 709.5.1

  Group I-2 and ambulatory care facilities

  • Corridor smoke doors on hold-opens close automatically and have rated vision panels.

  Works withIBC 716.2.6.6

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• IBC 1709.5.2

  Exterior windows and door assemblies not provided for in Section 1709.5.1

  • Other window and door assemblies are tested to ASTM E330 at 1.5× design pressure for 10 seconds.

  Works withIBC 2403IBC Chapter 16

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• IBC 407.6

  Automatic-closing doors

  • Hold-open doors follow 709.5 and 716.2.

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• IBC 1709.1

  General

  • General scope for Section 1709.

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• IBC 1709.5

  Exterior window and door assemblies

  • Window and door design pressure ratings per 1709.5.1 or 1709.5.2; ASCE 7 pressures may be multiplied by 0.6 for ASD.

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• IBC 704.1.1

  Supporting construction

  • Supporting members are rated at least as high as the rated assemblies they carry, except supports of barriers and partitions noted in 707.5, 708.4, 709.4 and 711.2.

  Works withIBC 707.5IBC 708.4IBC 709.4IBC 711.2

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• IBC 1404.14

  Exterior windows and doors

  • Meet 1709.5 testing.

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• IBC 711.2.4.4

  Separating smoke compartments

  • Smoke barrier floors follow 709.

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