Egress Window Floor Plan

Basement egress windows have special requirements.

Egress window floor plan.

Most states and townships have building code that requires means of egress on each floor. Sometimes including a finished basement. For determining egress window sizes and placement the international building code holds that every bedroom must contain at least one egress window. For example a fire escape is defined as a means of egress because that s how somebody can get out of a building if there was an emergency.

A basement emergency exit normally comes in the form of egress windows. Window wells serving an egress window shall not be less than 9 square feet in area with a horizontal length width of no less than 36 inches. Maximum 44 inches to window sill measured from finished floor. When the basement stairs are blocked by a flaming television true story or fire and thick black smoke are racing down a hallway toward a dead end bedroom windows that are large enough for you to escape and for firefighters to enter become.

The old saying always leave yourself an out is especially true when it comes to home fires. V 2500 series white vinyl right handed sliding window with fiberglass mesh screen. Window wells greater than 44 inches in depth requires a permanently fixed ladder or steps to provide access. Since you re below ground you have to make sure that the window can still fully open without obstruction.