A full-lite office door is delivered with annealed glass instead of the specified tempered safety glass. The glass supplier says the lite is small enough to leave in place. What should the contractor do?
Correct Answer
C) Replace or recertify the lite with compliant safety glazing for the door hazardous location
Glazing in swinging doors is a hazardous location under IBC 2406 and generally requires safety glazing; the contractor should not accept ordinary annealed glass in that location. Other choices do not satisfy the safety-glazing requirement.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Glazing in swinging doors is a hazardous location under IBC 2406 and generally requires safety glazing; the contractor should not accept ordinary annealed glass in that location. Other choices do not satisfy the safety-glazing requirement.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Leave it in place because the door has a closer, leaving safety glazing substitution unverified
Choice A (Leave it because the door has a closer) is rejected because the option shifts to a different trade task; the tested Safety glazing substitution function or field correction is Replace or recertify the lite with compliant safety glazing for the door hazardous location.
Option B: The contractor should apply a decorative film and accept the glass
In doors, windows, and glazing, Apply a decorative film and accept the glass is the wrong selection for Safety glazing substitution: it points to Apply a decorative film and accept the glass, but.
Option D: The contractor should accept it only on interior doors and leave safety glazing substitution unchecked
Choice D gives Accept it only on interior doors. Its specific error: the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Safety glazing substitution.
Memory Technique
Picture a release point on the jobsite; safety glazing substitution is solved by the action that leads to Replace or recertify the lite with compliant safety glazing for the door hazardous location.
Reference Hint
Open International Building Code 2021 or 2024; use IBC 2021/2024 Section 2406.4.1 glazing in doors to confirm that Glazing in swinging doors is a hazardous location under IBC 2406 and generally requires safety glazing; the contractor should not accept ordinary annealed glass in that location.
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