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basement stairs

  1. Icaro Vasconcelos

    Basement stairway height

    Hi guys, nice to meet you! My first time posting here. My name is Ícaro, I am a Brazilian GC living in CT, and I have a few questions about basement/storage finishing... At the moment I am facing a situation where the property has a stairway leading to the basement that isn't code compliant...
  2. G

    Headache narrow basement stairway

    Hi all, I asked before about alternating stairway and turned out code wouldn't allow it as a mean of egress. My architect said the only way we can avoid knocking down the basement foundation wall is to push the opening back, sacrificing kitchen space to make it super small (7'10"x3'), so the...
  3. G

    [help] Problematic basement stairway, alternating tread stairs code compliance

    Hi all, I have a very tight stairway space leading from first floor to basement. I can't really do spiral stairway since the opening width is only 3 ft (not sure if I can use hinged floor hatch on the floor so it can be used as hallway when I don't go to basement. Example...
  4. A

    Egress from basement- Sidewalk door?

    I need to provide a second exit from an overlarge basement storage area in a building addition. My only viable location would be installing a sidewalk door. I designed a project years ago where it was explicitly stated in the code that one basement exit could be via such a door., but I can't...
  5. P

    basement stairs - with roof

    Hello 3 story single family home. 1st floor is 1/2 below ground level. Id like to build: 1. a door with concrete stairs on the outside of home leading into one of the rooms on this floor, with some sort of sump pump/drain for the rainwater. I was told I do not need a permit for the stairs...
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