| Introduction | | | | chimney, and double the peril by holding within the |
| This article is about a unique approach to custom | | | | cab those who could be the most physically |
| home design involving fire safety for a home | | | | vulnerable folks in the house. |
| elevator. | | | | Much codified ado is made of home fire safety in |
| Sure did surprise this custom home designer: | | | | regard to residential fire-blocking, but nothing |
| Home elevator design seems not to involve a | | | | specific about home fire safety in home elevator |
| shred of home fire safety code to be had across | | | | design that the author can reckon about the |
| the fruited plain far as he can tell. (Now, there is a | | | | potentially airflow-permissive [read: smoke and |
| U. S. elevator code in the form of ASME A17.1 | | | | flame flow-permissive] elevator shaft. (Fire safety |
| Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, which | | | | regarding vertical shaft enclosures gets some |
| addresses essential safety concerns, e.g., access, | | | | considered attention, e.g., IBC 2000 707.1ff, but |
| switching, guardrails, and such � but not | | | | not "�for openings totally within an |
| home fire safety.) | | | | individual dwelling unit and connecting four stories |
| A home elevator design inherently includes a | | | | or less." IBC 2000, 707.2, Exception 1. |
| shaft, or hoistway, that could make a swell | | | | |