Custom Egress Window

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project Deliverables:

  1. Provide an egress window to a basement unit
  2. A stepped window design was proposed to provide maximum light while meeting the code

 

Project Budget: $4,000

 

Project Duration: 4 days

PROJECT CHALLENGE

  1. Maximize the light in the basement unit
  2. Provide a stepped garden for a beautiful view

BACKGROUND

Few of us think of a bedroom window as a “life-saving” feature.

 

Although bedroom windows are not considered to be ordinary escape routes, if there was ever an emergency situation, like a house fire, having the properly-sized egress window in the bedroom could be the difference between life and death.

 

By the time an occupant is able to respond to a smoke alarm the suite may be filled with smoke and their escape route from the bedroom blocked.

 

The requirement for a properly-sized bedroom window has been around since 1980 and subsequent code changes since then have made it even easier to understand how a bedroom egress window is defined. Depends on which code you reference. Regional requirements can differ from national regulations.