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Breach of building regs??


NickK

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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

 

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

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.

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