Breach of building regs??

[NickK]

Hi,

 

I’m always on Rightmove looking what’s around and looking for inspiration. A fairly new house came up. Really nice but garden too small. Anyway, two bedrooms have only a velux window much higher than 1.1m. Is this allowed? I thought 1.1m rule is to allow possible exit in case of fire.

 

Thanks,

 

Nick

 

 

[Faz]

That is normally the case but you can deal with it by fitting FD30 doors etc and producing a protected corridor for a safe exit.

[ProDave]

It would fail in Scotland, perhaps the rules are less strict in England?

[NickK]

There is no protected corridor I’m afraid. Are you saying that fire door alone would be enough to comply?

[ETC]

Depends how old the house is.

[NickK]

Less than 10 years as still within the warranty period

Edited December 8, 2021 by NickK

[DevilDamo]

Is this a three storey property?

[Mr Punter]

Without a protected staircase that would be dangerous in the event of a fire.  Upgrading the fire alarms with an interlinked mains detector in every room would be a way to mitigate, so that you would have a good early warning.  It would probably be better than an upper story escape window.