Louvered Glass Windows

[Susie Seibert]

Hey there...

I'm doing a house that has a bedroom that was formerly an enclosed porch. The windows are those louvered type of glass windows. There are no storm windows. Do you think this is acceptable for FHA?

Thanks.

 

[Pamela Crowley (Florida)]

How would someone get outside through that window in case of fire???

 

[Susie Seibert]

good question! thanks for the insight.

 

[Wendy]

http://www.hometips.com/articles/homenclature/jalousie_windows.html

I assume that you are talking about jalousie windows. Personally, I do not consider them adequate. They have a severe negative impact in my market when they are in the main living area. No way would I consider a porch with them as living area.

 

[Mztk1]

I've seen the ja-lousie windows in my market get relatively warm market reception. It doesn't automatically count a finished area as "non-living area" here. But I am in Tampa, near the subtropics, a little air coming inside through the windows is bearable 95% of the time. (Did anyone mention these things rarely seal as they get older?) Perhaps in Deland, which is halfway to Jacksonville, it gets colder and knocks down the room to a porch. If that is true in Central Florida, I could only imagine a cold night in Michigan with jalousie bedroom windows. Your eyeballs might freeze!

I do agree with Pam that it hexes the notion of the room being a bedroom.