You will indeed need to check with you permit department. Now in most areas it is 32 minimum. Fire door yes, 60 minute or 90 minute. It is 90 minute here. Also against code to enter a garage through a bedroom. Also, there must be either a 60 minute or 90 minute fire wall on the garage side that is aginst the house.
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/architecture-plans-structural-designs/229251-minimum-hallway-width.html
Both bedrooms will be bigger than 7x10 (not including the closet) after the hallway addition. My current plans for the bedroom closets are to take up a bit of space at the end of the garage to accomodate the 2 new bedroom closets.
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thebeave, The current minimum Hallways Width, based on the IRC 2003, is 3 feet. R311.3. The link below that Snoonyb provided is outdated but may be accurate where he resides. Although it provides some good info which appears current, confirmation with your local building department is highly recommended.
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/architecture-plans-structural-designs/229251-minimum-hallway-width.html
I hadn’t actually thought too much about the hallway lighting up till now, so I would be very interested to hear what other peoples thoughts were on what kind of lights to put into a hallway. Technorati Tags: hallway, hall, framing, lighting, hallway lighting.
http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2007/07/16/hallway-renovation-framing-complete/
In many cases, the width used is 36 inches. This may be too narrow for some, so 42 inches is becoming more common. 48 inches is also another good size. The wide hallways are those that are four feet wide and up. Of course the size of the house must be considered too. A large hallway shouldn’t be used in a small house and vice versa. Among designers, the 4 foot wide hallway is suited for houses at least 2,000 square feet. The 3 ft and below hallways are for smaller homes. For 3,000 square feet or bigger houses, the wide hallways are ideal. A long hallway has to be wide so it looks and feels accommodating.
http://www.dimensionsinfo.com/dimension-of-a-hallway/
The framing on the hallway is now complete. The hallway will be 96cm wide. It’s a compromise between the 90cm that the builder suggested and the 102cm that the architect suggested. There is no actual council regulation for the hallway width, so we went with the compromise of a 96cm wide hallway.
http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2007/07/16/hallway-renovation-framing-complete/
The hall is about 8.5 metres long, so as you can see in the photo is quite a long one and can feel a bit “tunnel like” if the hallway width is too narrow. We spent a good deal of time tonight trying to work out the lighting for the hallway.
http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2007/07/16/hallway-renovation-framing-complete/
Anyway, what I'm thinking of doing is making a new hallway 90 degrees from the existing hallway (which is in front of the bedrooms), by knocking out the 24 wide bedroom closets that are between the two bedrooms, and constructing a new, partition wall. Hopefully that makes sense.
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(It appears I... show more I am looking to restructure a floor plan and am thinking of adding a hall. I want to see how much floorspace this will take away. Also, I want to extend the run of a set of stair, but looks like the only way to do so it so reverse them and land them in a different room.
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Best Answer: A 3 foot wide hall way is about as narrow as you want to get. Sounds to me like you have the right idea with the stairs...I'd have to see it. Source(s): steve · 9 years ago.
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