Egress through a bedroom.

[TheCommish]

Mass Fire Code:
NFPA 1 - 2015
Egress Through Intervening rooms
Egress from a room or space shall not pass through adjoining or intervening rooms or areas, except where such adjoining rooms or areas and the area served are accessory to one or the other, are not a Group H occupancy and provide a discernible path of egress travel to an exit."

How can you provide a a discernible path of egress travel to an exit, in a bedroom.

what happens when they rearrange the furniture?
Or when they put a privacy lock on the door...

the MA fire code is not applicable to SFH, the building code as previously stated requires every bedroom to have its own EERO

 

[Mr. Inspector]

what happens when they rearrange the furniture?
Or when they put a privacy lock on the door...

Does the MA code require furniture to be in before inspections? I never see furniture when I do inspections except a few alterations in existing houses and when testing smoke alarms in existing.

 

[TheCommish]

Mass does not require furniture to be in the room at final, actually there should not be anything in the SFH at final.

 

[ADAguy]

Not the safest idea nor a best practice.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

Not the safest idea nor a best practice.

Why would it not be safer without furniture ?

 

[Paul Sweet]

If furniture is in a residence there's a good chance somebody is living there before final.

 

[TheCommish]

If furniture is in a residence there's a good chance somebody is living there before final.

No, I just had it delivered, ignore the food in the refrigerator I just opened and mail on the counter, there are no sheet on the bed we are not living here

 

[Mr. Inspector]

If furniture is in a residence there's a good chance somebody is living there before final.

90% of my permits are for alterations in an existing house which almost always have furniture in the house and people living in before a C. O. is issued. Lot's of times they are all reading using an addition or deck before a C. O. is issued. Usually they already have the shelving and display units in the brand new dollar store building before a C. O. I don't have a problem with it.

 

[cda]

90% of my permits are for alterations in an existing house which almost always have furniture in the house and people living in before a C. O. is issued. Lot's of times they are all reading using an addition or deck before a C. O. is issued. Usually they already have the shelving and display units in the brand new dollar store building before a C. O. I don't have a problem with it.

Person, Someone with common sense.

Do you get extra common sense pay?

 

[Gman]

Guys, would not the second means of egress called out in bedrooms be in regards to the window sizing and the elevation of the window sill itself. When putting windows into basement there are windows sized for both egress and access for a fireman with a pack, and if the window well exceeds a certain depth you must also provide an escape ladder. They are sized accordingly so that if the occupant is forced to exit via the window they are able to do so with little to no effort.

Just a thought