t CHAPTER 6.
ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS
3.2 FIoor Over Hoistways:
a. Where Required. A metal or concrete floor
shall be provided at the top of the hoistway.
Exceptions: Floors are not required below:
1. Secondary and deflecting sheaves
of tractiontype machines located
over the hoistway.
Overhead sheaves, governors, and
other equipment where the elevator
machine is located below or at the
side of the hoistway.
b. Location of Floor. The floor shall be
located:
1. Above or level with the tope of the
machine beams where the machine
is located over the hoistway;
Below the overhead sheaves where
the machine is not located over the
hoistway.
Strength of Floor. The floor shall be
capable of sustaining a concentrated load of
136 kg on any 2 580 mm area and in
addition where it constitutes the floor of the
main or secondary level machinery space, it
shall be designed for a live load of not less
than 6'tl kg/m in all open areas. A sign
stating the maximum allowable load of
which the floor is designed shall be
permanently displayed in all main and
secondary machine-room spaces. The sign
shall be of metal with black letters and
figures at least 100 mm high on a white
background.
d. Gonstruction of Floors. Floors may be of
concrete, or may be of metal construction
with or without perforations. Metal floors
shall conform to the following:
1. lf of bar{ype grating, theopenings
between bars shall reject a ball 20
mm in diameter.
2. lf of perforated sheet metal or of
fabricated open work construction,
the openings shall reject a ball 25
mm in diameter.
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3.3 Hoistway Protection in Case of Fire.
Hoistway of elevators shall be provided in cases
of fire as required by the local codes such as the
National Building Code, National Fire and the
Philippine Electrical Code.
3.4 Hoist for all elevators shall be
enclosed throughout their height, and there
be no openings except for necessary
windows or skylights.
3.5 Hoistway for elevators outside building shall be
substantially enclosed to a height of at least
3 000 mm provided that the enclosure shall be
continuous to the top of any side on which there
is access to the cage.
The enclosure shall either be a continuous wall
or substantial grill work, metal bars, or wood
slats.
3.7 Openings fixed enclosureis shall not exceed 50
mm in their lesser dimensions, at all places
where moving cars, counter-weights, or sliding
doors present hazard they shall not exceed 10
mm in their lesser dimensions.
Hoisfway enclosures and hoistway doors and
door assemblies shall be of fire-resistive
construction of not less than 1:hour fire
resistance.
3.9 Where four or more elevators serve or the same
portion of a building, they shall be located in not
less than two (2) hoistway and in no case shall
more than four (4) elevators be located in any
one hoistway.
3.10 Window and Skylights:
a. Window and Skylight Frames and Sash.
Windows in the walls of hoistway enclosures
are prohibited. Frames and sashes of
windows in machine rooms and skylights
shall be of metal.
1. Skylights Guards. A guard
securely anchored to the supporting
structure, consisting of a wire mesh
screen of at least 2.325 mm
diameter steel wire with openings
which will reject a ball 25 mm in
diameter, or an expanded metal
screen of equivalent strength and
open area, shall be installed above
every elevator skylight. A similar
screen of at least 1.205 mm