{"id":"cb7bfc29-baea-4a18-9ded-682ea17b0216","task":"Confirm private residence elevator requirements and hoistway door gap hazard rules under ASME A17.1 Section 5.3","domain":"asme.org — A17.1 Part 5, Section 5.3","steps":["Confirm private residence elevators (vertical) are covered by A17.1 Part 5, Section 5.3, distinct from Section 5.4 which covers private residence inclined elevators.","Check for post-2016 hoistway-door/car-door gap provisions intended to prevent small-child entrapment between the hoistway door and car door.","Reference Nonmandatory Appendix H (Private Residence Elevator Guarding, tied to 5.3.1.7.2) for guarding illustration guidance.","Treat any specific numeric gap value (e.g., sill gap, door-to-door gap, ball-reject test dimension) cited in secondary sources as provisional until verified against the exact adopted A17.1 edition text.","Check state/local retrofit mandates separately — retrofit of pre-2016 residential elevators for door-gap compliance is typically driven by state or local amendment, not a uniform federal mandate."],"gotchas":["Secondary sources present slightly different specific gap dimensions — do not state a precise inch figure as authoritative without checking the adopted edition's actual text.","Retrofit obligations for older private residence elevators vary significantly by state/locality — do not assume a nationwide retrofit deadline exists."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T01:41:35.118Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cb7bfc29-baea-4a18-9ded-682ea17b0216"}