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Guide to Climbable Features Adjacent to Guards

Published by City of Kitchener

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Kitchener
Date: October, 2025
Also called: climable features adjacent to guards
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 5
Agencies: Building Division
Instruments: Ontario Building Code · National Building Code of Canada

Overview

A five-page building guide from the City of Kitchener on permanently fixed objects, such as air conditioners, windowsills and surface mounted electrical boxes, placed next to a required guard. It gives the Ontario Building Code background on guard climbability between 140 mm and 900 mm, four design options with diagrams, notes, and an excerpt of Appendix Note A-9.8.8.6.(1) from the 2020 National Building Code of Canada. It is one of the Building Division's standard guides.

What it covers

BACKGROUND
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Appendix Note A-9.8.8.6.(1)

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