BUILDING CODE ACCESSIBILITY FIRE CODE LOW COST SUBDIVISION &

CODE HOUSING CODE CONDO

PD 1096 BP 344 RA 9514 BP 220 PD 957
DOORS
General: 2.00m
Minimum height 2.00m 2.00m 2.00m Bathroom/mezzanine:
1.80m
Main door: 0.80m
Minimum width 900mm 800mm 710mm Bedroom: 0.70m
Bathroom: 0.60m
Maximum width 1200mm 1220mm
820-1060mm
Height of door knob
(900mm preferred)
LOCATION ON PROPERTY
Front setback R1: 4.50m 1.50m
Side setback R1: 2.00m 1.50m
Follow NBC
Rear setback R1: 2.00m 2.00m
Distance of eaves from property line 0.75m 0.75m
MINIMUM ROOM SIZES
6.00sqm
Rooms for human habitation
Minimum dimension of 2.00m
3.00sqm
Kitchen Follow NBC
Minimum dimension of 1.50m
1.20sqm
Bathroom
Minimum dimension of 0.90m
MINIMUM AIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS
3.00 cubic meters (Allot 1.00
Schools
sqm per person)
Offices and factories 12.00 cubic meters
Habitable rooms 14.00 cubic meters
MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHTS
Naturally ventilated: 2.70m
Ground floor
Artificially ventilated: 2.70m
Naturally ventilated: 2.70m
Second floor 2.00m
Artificially ventilated: 2.40m 2.00m for walkways 2.00m for means of egress
Naturally ventilated: 2.70m
Succeeding floors
Artificially ventilated: 2.10m
Mezzanine 1.80m 1.80m
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
10% of floor area, but 1.00sqm
Windows for rooms 10% of floor area
minimum
5% of floor area, but 240 sq.
Windows for bathrooms 5% of floor area
mm. minimum
Minimum dimension of court 2.00m 2.00m
Min. width of court passageway 1.20m 1.20m
STAIRS
Existing stairs: 205mm max.
Riser 200mm maximum 250mm maximum
New stairs: 100-180mm
Existing stairs: 230mm min.
Tread 250mm minimum Slanted nosing 200mm minimum
New stairs: 280mm min.
preferred over
Less than 10 OL:0.75m Existing stairs: 915mm
protruding nosing,
10-50 OL.: 0.90m New stairs, 0-49 OL: 915mm
Minimum width provide 300mm-wide 600mm
New stairs, 50-1999 OL: 1120mm
More than 50 OL:1.10m tactile strip at top and
New stairs, 2000 or more OL: 1420mm
bottom of stairs.
Minimum headroom 2.00m 2.00m 2.00m
Maximum vertical distance between landings 3.60m 3.66m 3.60m
Handrail height 800-900mm 760-865mm 800-1200mm
RAMPS
Maximum slope 1 in 12 1 in 12
Maximum cross slope 1 in 48
Minimum width No general requirements 1.20m 1120mm
Minimum landing length provided, only for ramps 1.50m
located in reviewing stands, 6.00m (horizontal
Distance between landings grandstands and bleachers. distance bet. 760mm (vertical distance bet. landings)
landings)
Handrail height 700mm and 900mm 760-865mm
CORRIDORS
1.10m 1.20m
OCCUPANT LOADS (Area per person)
Place of assembly 0.65 sqm
Standing room 0.28 sqm
Concentrated use 0.65 sqm
Less concentrated use 1.40 sqm
Educational
Classrooms 1.80 sqm 1.90 sqm
Shop, laboratories, vocational rooms 4.60 sqm 4.60 sqm
Dry nurseries 3.30 sqm
Conference rooms, exhibit rooms, gyms 1.40 sqm
Healthcare
Sleeping departments 11.00 sqm 11.10 sqm
In-patient treatment 22.00 sqm 22.30sqm
Hospitals, sanitaria 8.40 sqm
Nursing homes 7.40 sqm
Children's nurseries 3.25 sqm
Residential 18.60 sqm
Dwellings 28.00 sqm
Hotels, apartments, dormitories 18.60 sqm
Mercantile
Street floor or basement used for sale 2.80 sqm 2.80 sqm
Upper floors used for sale 5.60 sqm 5.60 sqm
Floors not used for sale (office, storage, etc.) 9.30 sqm 9.30 sqm
Drinking establishments 1.40 sqm
Commercial kitchens 18.60 sqm
FIREWALL EXTENSIONS
Above roof 400mm 300mm For rowhouse: 300mm
From outermost edges (walls) 600mm 300mm For rowhouse: 300mm
Under eaves 300mm 300mm For rowhouse: 300mm
EXITS
0-10 OL: 1 exit
0-500 OL: 2 exits 0-9 OL: 1 exit
10-499 OL: 2 exits
Number of exits required (based on occupant load)
500-999 OL: 3 exits 501-999 OL: 3 exits
10 or more OL: 2 exits
1000 or more OL: 4 exits 1000 or more OL: 4 exits
Minimum width of exits 1.10m (corridors) 915mm Additional note regarding exits:
Maximum travel distance to exit, no sprinkler 45.00m BP 220 specifically refers to
Section 3.1007 of PD 1185 (the
Maximum travel distance to exit, with sprinkler 60.00m old Fire Code) for the exit
Minimum width of exit door 900mm 800mm (for all doors) requirements. This is included in
BP 220 as Annex 1 on page 53.

Minimum height of exit door 2.00m 2.00m (For all doors)

 Change in floor level at doors 50mm 13mm
Maximum length of dead ends
Place of assembly 6.10m
Educational 6.00m
Healthcare 6.00m
Provide turnabout
Detention/correctional 6.00m
6.00m space within 3.50m of
Residential (hotels/dormitories) 6.00m
any dead end
Residential (apartment buildings) Not allowed
Business 6.00m
Business, with NFPA 13 sprinkler system 15.00m
Industrial 15.50m
ELEVATORS
In apartments or
condomimiums 5 storeys or Inside dimensions of
Required for healthcare occupancies two
higher, at least 1 passenger car: 1.10m wide x
storeys or higher. Required for multi-family
elevator shall be kept on 24- 1.40m deep
dwellings and
hour constant service.
Various elevator requirements condominiums 6 storeys of Follow NBC
higher. Follow standards
Minimum 600mm-deep pit Maximum travel in NBC and BP 344.
distance from building Provide at least one exit per elevator lobby.
entrance: 30.00m
Maximum 4 cars per hoistway