2nd floor and above.
Ingress egress window for patio doors.
V 2500 series white vinyl right handed sliding window with fiberglass mesh screen.
To meet irc standards egress openings must have.
Maximum sill height above the floor 44 1st floor.
Building codes require at least one exit in the form of a 3 foot wide by 6 foot 8 inches high side hinged door and at least one emergency escape and rescue opening in every sleeping.
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.
Requirements for means of egress for residential buildings of 4 floors or less address number size height and operation of doors and windows.
To meet egress a window must comply with all four irc requirements.
Egress doors must not be concealed with mirrors curtains or decorations.
Egress window logic and the building code.
Clear opening width 20.
The old saying always leave yourself an out is especially true when it comes to home fires.
The required size of an egress door is determined in part by the number of people the door is serving but the minimum clear opening width is 32 inches which is measured with the door open to the 90 degree position.
A minimum net clear opening of 5 7 feet the actual free space that exists when the window is open or the size people can crawl through opening width of at least 20 inches opening height of at least 24 inches.