The code says 3 foot by 3 foot landing shall be required on each side of an
egress door, but not at the top of a flight of stairs *if* the door does not
swing over the stairs. Yours swings over the stairs so you are in
"violation" by six inches. How about a split door that will open about 15
inches onto each side of the landing? That will be $35. -B

"JOHN D" wrote in message
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What are the rules for a door swinging into a stairwell?
It's a inclosed stair down to a finished basement..The present door swings
out and due to bad design is in the way when open. It swings into the
front
other stairs going up so I can't just leave it open. It can't swing out
the
other way cus that blocks a frequently used closet. I'm up & down both
stairs constantly and have removed the door just to get it out of the way.
If I turn the door frame around so it swings into the stairwell it would
swing to the same side as the banaster. It will miss the end of the
banaster
by about 1". The stairwell is 36" wide. The door is 30" wide and the
landing
is 30" deep so the door might extend over the edge of a landing about 1/4
inch when fully open. The landing is level with floor. I think a door is
not
supposed to swing over the steps, but it's just 1/4 inch. You would have
so
stand on the steps while opening the door. It looks to me like it can
work.
What do you think.