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Originally posted by j8ear
Yes. All new construction, of occupied rooms, must have an egress window or exit, for that very purpose of burning to death.
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I'm glad my room has the purpose of burning to death?
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Originally posted by j8ear
EDIT SORRY: Not more then one...but at least one exit to the outside of the house.
Common places where this does not exist are home owner grade, 'finished' basements. I know of no requirement which mandates an upgrade of a dwelling originally built to code.
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See, that doesn't apply, then, because this was a house that they portioned into apartments. So it used to be up to code and I guess is thus grandfathered in? Can I get the industry member's opinion as well?