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Uity of Hopkins - inspections • 13ullctmg inspections • winnows I l;gress winnows r ago I U1 <br />guildnS lnspe ons - Windom - Egress Winciaws <br />What is an egress window? <br />General Information <br />An egress window is a window that is Installing A Basement Egress Window <br />Building Inspections <br />required in specific locations in a dwelling <br />Complaints <br />and is intended to provide an emergency <br />Construction Debris, <br />means of exiting a dwelling. Egress windows are only required in dwellings. Windows <br />Dumpsters & Storage <br />must meet specific size requirements to qualify as an egress window. <br />Electrical <br />Environmental Health <br />Where are egress windows required? <br />Fire Inspections <br />Egress windows are required in every room used for sleeping purposes (bedrooms) on <br />Mechanical <br />any floor and in basements with habitable space If you are constructing a newhome, <br />the code requires that you put an egress window in each bedroom. It also requires an <br />Plumbing <br />egress window in the basement if habitable rooms will be finished in the basement. If <br />Recommending <br />you install a basement bedroom or bedrooms, an egress window is required in each <br />Contractors <br />bedroom but you need not provide another egress window, if there are other habitable <br />Requesting An Inspection <br />rooms in the basement. The bedroom window(s) suffices for the habitable rooms. <br />Resources & Links <br />If you have an existing home and you add a sleeping room in an unfinished basement, <br />Timeline for Permit <br />Applications <br />the code requires that you install an egress window in the sleeping room or rooms. <br />Utility <br />Likewise, if you create habitable space in your basement other than a bedroom and you <br />currently do not have an egress window, the code would require thatyou install one as <br />part of the installation of the habitable room. <br />How To Apply For <br />Permits & Build <br />What are the size requirements for an egress window? <br />Basements <br />An egress window must satisfy four International Residential Code (IRC) criteria: <br />Decks <br />• Minimum width of opening: 20 in. <br />Foundations <br />• Minimum height of opening: 24 in. <br />Garages <br />Minimum net clear opening: 5.7. sq: R (5.0 sq. ft. for ground floor). <br />Roofing <br />• Maximum sill height above floor. 44 in. <br />Stairs & Guardrails <br />Windows <br />The window must have a minimum net clear opening of 5.7 sq. ft. Net clear opening <br />[more] <br />refers to the actual free and clear space that exists when the window is open. It is not <br />the rough opening size or the glass panel sze, but the actual opening a person can <br />Building Materials <br />crawl through. <br />Common Building Material <br />The window opening must be operational from the inside without keys or tools. Bars, <br />Characteristics <br />grilles and grates prey be installed over windows but must be operational without tools <br />Fireblocking & <br />or keys and still allowthe minimum clear opening. <br />Draftstopping <br />' <br />Gypsum Wallboard <br />Do the math � � . <br />[more] <br />w <br />At first glance, you might assume that a20 -in, by 24-in. ndowwould be acceptable for <br />egress. However, those dimensions would yield a net clear opening of only 3.3 sq. ft. To <br />Truth -In- Housing <br />achieve the required net clear opening of 5.7 sq. ft.,.a 20 -in. wide window would have to <br />be 42 in. high. Likewise, a 24-in. high window would have to be 34 in. wide. <br />Before You Buy Or Sell . <br />Contractor License <br />Finding a Licensed <br />Evaluator <br />Most Common <br />Repair /Replace Items <br />Property Maintenance <br />Rental License <br />. <br />Rental Properties <br />Smoke Detectors <br />I— ._.ii ------- t_�t.:_.._,.,.. .,,,„, /: «�..o..+:nn c/hiii l( lino/ �hnnrinwclP .P7P.RSW7T1C10WS.)'lltin) 7/20/2005 <br />