smoke alarms required by bathrooms

[dhsvcs]

Has Anybody Heard of This ?
From Florida Building Code

R314.1 General. Smoke alarms shall comply with NFPA 72 and Section R314.

R314.3 Location. Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations:

1. In each sleeping room.

1. Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.

1. On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and habitable attics and not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.

1. Smoke alarms shall be installed not less than 3 feet (914 mm) horizontally from the door or opening of a bathroom that contains a bathtub or shower unless this would prevent placement of a smoke alarm required by Section R314.3.
2. Thanx, dhsvcs

 

[infinity]

Says that if you install one outside of the bathroom it needs to be at 3' away from the door. Bathrooms are typically in hallways where a smoke alarm is required just needs to be 3' from the door unless it's physically impossible.

 

[dhsvcs]

R314.1 General. Smoke alarms shall comply with NFPA 72 and Section R314.
R314.3 Location. Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations:
1. In each sleeping room.
2.Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.
3. On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and habitable attics and not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.
4. Smoke alarms shall be installed not less than 3 feet (914 mm) horizontally from the door or opening of a bathroom that contains a bathtub or shower unless this would prevent placement of a smoke alarm required by Section R314.3.


So number 4 only has to deal with spacing to allow the required smoke alarm outside the bedroom ?

 

[texie]

Correct. They don't want to close to the bathroom door because of steam from the bathroom.