Basements ?
Apr 4th 2006 | 11:48 pm
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Re: Basements ?
Originally Posted by Judy in Calgary
To put this into context for you, brat2804, I think Souvenir is referring to the fact that most basement windows are too small and high up to be useful as fire escapes. Basement rooms that have those kinds of windows are not allowed to be used as bedrooms. In order for a basement room to qualify as a legal bedroom, it has to have a window through which a person would be able to crawl out.
It seems that the largest we can get without compromising the structure is 20 inches high. I could probably get out of that but I'm not very big.
Apr 5th 2006 | 12:26 am
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Re: Basements ?
Originally Posted by Souvenir
We're in the process of getting quotes to have a window put into the "den"
It seems that the largest we can get without compromising the structure is 20 inches high. I could probably get out of that but I'm not very big.
It seems that the largest we can get without compromising the structure is 20 inches high. I could probably get out of that but I'm not very big.
In this county of N.S., I believe the min. size for an escape window is 4 sf,
and this must be at least 2ft by 2ft. You can overcome this requirment by having a direct acces to the outside, ie no doorway between the bedroom and the exterior door.
