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do you happen to have a link to the codes??? or do they put them online??kozac said:Njac 5:70-4.7
A basement would be above grade if partially buriedkozac said:Yes, that is recent. I'm trying to convince my local fire code official to let me use something like this: http://www.bilco.com/Foundations/Store/shopdetail.asp?product=1WW-1*ScapeWEL-Window-Wells---Planter-Designbut he keeps saying that "Entire opening must be above grade". How can this be? And whats the point of that product then? It says it right there that it is code compliant.