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| Howard_Casto:
I'm not even sure I would put a microwave down there. What would you heat up exactly that would be so urgent that you can't go upstairs? I think I would use that space to put in one of those mini "vintage" popcorn poppers you can find in stores around this time.... much better for the theater effect. Glad to see things are finally moving btw.... too bad it's in the middle of frikkin winter, that's gonna suck! |
| ChadTower:
Is a no windows basement up to code? Here any "finished living space" has to have two potential exits. Even if one is a tiny ass window that no reasonable adult could get out through. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 09, 2012, 07:24:00 am --- Is a no windows basement up to code? Here any "finished living space" has to have two potential exits. Even if one is a tiny ass window that no reasonable adult could get out through. --- End quote --- If they force you to have 2 egress points, they'll have mandatory sizes for those egress points. As for the windowless basement, we have a house built in the 80's that is a windowless basement. We wonder how they got away with it. I just figured Javery was putting his theater in a section of the basement without a window and there would be a window in another room. |
| javeryh:
I should clarify - only the addition is completely windowless. We have a landing 1/2 way up the staircase that actually has a full door that exits the house to the driveway. Then there are 3 other (very small) windows in the existing area (transoms up near the ceiling). It's all definitely to code - the town took 4 weeks to approve the plans plus we had to go to a hearing to get the variance. |
| ChadTower:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on December 09, 2012, 08:09:13 am ---If they force you to have 2 egress points, they'll have mandatory sizes for those egress points. --- End quote --- They do have mandatory sizes. The secondary egress is surprisingly small, though, and I don't think they mandate the window type. An adult would have trouble getting out of the basement windows in my house without ripping out the steel frame. They tilt inwards and they don't tilt far enough for a fat person to get through. |
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