Attic Lighting Requirements

For attics and underfloor spaces containing equipment requiring servicing such as heating air conditioning and refrigeration equipment at least one lighting outlet containing a switch or controlled by a wall switch shall be installed in such spaces.

Attic lighting requirements.

Code requirements for attic storage. A small flashlight attached to a strap that wraps around your head allows you to see where you re going in the attic without having to hold a flashlight in your hand. The light has to contain a switch or be controlled by a wall switch and at least one switch must be at the usual point of entry to the space. The normal egress requirements for stairway lighting for new stairs is 10 footcandles per nfpa citations given at references.

Boxes trunks suitcases etc. Fema notes that emergency lighting requirements may be different and in the icc excerpt below we give an example of both normal and emergency lighting level requirements. Last month s in focus began a new series covering required lighting outlet provisions. All occupancies are covered but many of these provisions pertain to dwelling units.

At least one point of control shall be at the usual point of entry to these spaces. If the lighting is for equipment that requires servicing such as an air handler or water heater it should be located at or near the equipment. Then discussed some. Live loads are people and animals and tangentially the things used by people.

The series began with a discussion of related terminology from article 100. In the first 1 5 hours after a failure emergency lighting must provide an average of one foot candle and no less than 0 1 foot candle at any point along the path of egress. Basement foundation are there any code requirements for laying plywood flooring for light storage in an attic area. The switch or lighting outlet containing a switch must be at the usual point of entry.

This section specifies the requirements for how bright emergency lighting must be and how long it must be provided in the event of failure of normal lighting. Your attic floor was probably built with dead loads in mind. Receptacle and lighting outlet requirements are covered in article 210. But most attics have a light located inside at least one of the attic access openings.