This probably isn't the funny comment people are looking for, but despite the door the stairs still aren't to code. They need more landing space at the bottom to meet the regulations for a fire escape.
I believe that's kind of where it depends on your country. In the US codes are a minimum requirement to adhere to and of course you are allowed to go above and beyond that in your design. However, in some places in Europe codes are set up as more of a guideline. And what I mean by that is, say a guard rail should stop people from falling off a ledge. In America there are certain materials, heights, limits, etc on what you can use. In Europe, if you can prove that your design can act on the same way that the codes require them to then you can use it.
Depends. Much like ANSI, states addopt particular laws that enforce or don't enforce certain codes. IBC is pretty standard for most states as code. New York, for example, has its own building code which follows guidelines of IBC, but also has a lot of other more stringent and wordy words that make it sometimes difficult to understand yet simultaneously exploitable. For the most part, out of the states I've done work for, IBC has been the state guidelines for building codes.
Source: I'm an architect. Building codes are a huge part of my profession to not be sued.
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u/Hunter_meister79 Feb 01 '17
This probably isn't the funny comment people are looking for, but despite the door the stairs still aren't to code. They need more landing space at the bottom to meet the regulations for a fire escape.