I am drawing a new plumbing/electrical service headquarters here in North GA. It is about 9,600 sf. The tables for water closets is a little tough to interpret. A colleague and I have differing opinions. Does the attached table mean per sex? The is a type 2 Business. Does it need 4 toilets and 2 sinks (not including the urinal exception), or 2 sinks and 2 toilets??????
Load occupancy is 1 person per 100 sf. Load is 96 occupants.
Please help....
Non Sequitur
Jul 7, 17 8:31 pm
You should hire an architect.
jasonmc1023
Jul 7, 17 8:50 pm
Thanks for the input I guess. I am an architect, 95% of my work is residential. The colleague I am in disagreement with is a commercial architect, mainly restaurants though.
Non Sequitur
Jul 7, 17 9:58 pm
Funny. This be a first then. I read the table as 3 WC req per sex
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arch76
Jul 8, 17 12:38 am
If the occupant load is 96 total, I have always read that as 48 each gender, then applied that to the chart and see where the chips land. Sometimes, the toilet rooms are not equal, but that's minimal compliance. YMMV.
I'd be interested in if anyone works through this differently- its fun to hear about regional distinctions in the practice.
JeromeS
Jul 10, 17 6:56 am
I believe there is a footnote somewhere that says where both sexes appear evenly you multiply total occupancy by 60% and Design according to the table
shellarchitect
Jul 10, 17 8:12 am
glad this was posted, I just realized that I used the full occupancy load for both sexes on a very small project - 30 occupants total.
Wood Guy
Jul 10, 17 9:47 am
Seems pretty clear that it's not gender-specific, they're just talking about total occupancy.
I am drawing a new plumbing/electrical service headquarters here in North GA. It is about 9,600 sf. The tables for water closets is a little tough to interpret. A colleague and I have differing opinions. Does the attached table mean per sex? The is a type 2 Business. Does it need 4 toilets and 2 sinks (not including the urinal exception), or 2 sinks and 2 toilets??????
Load occupancy is 1 person per 100 sf. Load is 96 occupants.
Please help....
You should hire an architect.
Thanks for the input I guess. I am an architect, 95% of my work is residential. The colleague I am in disagreement with is a commercial architect, mainly restaurants though.
Funny. This be a first then. I read the table as 3 WC req per sex .
If the occupant load is 96 total, I have always read that as 48 each gender, then applied that to the chart and see where the chips land. Sometimes, the toilet rooms are not equal, but that's minimal compliance. YMMV.
I'd be interested in if anyone works through this differently- its fun to hear about regional distinctions in the practice.
I believe there is a footnote somewhere that says where both sexes appear evenly you multiply total occupancy by 60% and Design according to the table
glad this was posted, I just realized that I used the full occupancy load for both sexes on a very small project - 30 occupants total.
Seems pretty clear that it's not gender-specific, they're just talking about total occupancy.