Bedroom with clerestory windows

[Dublin ohio]

I have always wondered. Is a second or third floor bedroom with a window but not an escape ladder really have a second method of "egress".

 

[Mark K]

Egress​

"Egress" means to exit. .....

I've built a number of SFR's and duplexes and am aware of the current standards. The question stands though... if the windows met code when the house was built but not to today's code, do you call them bedrooms? I know I do and always have/always will. Otherwise, there's a lot of 7/0/2 homes in this area with no bedrooms and 3-4 dens.

 

[jay trotta]

I've built a number of SFR's and duplexes and am aware of the current standards. The question stands though... if the windows met code when the house was built but not to today's code, do you call them bedrooms? I know I do and always have/always will. Otherwise, there's a lot of 7/0/2 homes in this area with no bedrooms and 3-4 dens.

Not familiar with your area, Fire Codes have been around a long time; IMO it's a Health & Safety issue, but that's just me.

 

[J Grant]

I've built a number of SFR's and duplexes and am aware of the current standards. The question stands though... if the windows met code when the house was built but not to today's code, do you call them bedrooms? I know I do and always have/always will. Otherwise, there's a lot of 7/0/2 homes in this area with no bedrooms and 3-4 dens.

If a house met a building code when built imo it is a bedroom, as long as the window has some reasonable size of opening for egress. Most do or they would not have met code back in the day..

 

[Mark K]

I took the following 3 photos on the way to my office. These are just 3 of hundreds of similar homes in this town, mostly built in the 50's and 60's. The windows clearly do not meet current code but the rooms are called and used as bedrooms. One of the selling points 'back in the day' was security, LOL. The high windows would keep out burglars. They didn't think much about preventing egress in the event of emergency.

When I appraise one of them, I include in the description an explanation that the windows don't meet current code but they did at the time and the window placement has no adverse effect on value or marketability in this area.

 

[sputnam]

No... I didn't say that bedrooms have to have windows to be bedrooms. I said that there has to be another way out of the room than the main door. The code is designed to give you a chance to avoid burning to death if there is a fire outside your bedroom door. And, BTW, they don't have to have closets either.