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sleeping room exiting through another sleeping room

TrishB said:
I'm a little late to this conversation..but it seems like the IRC is pretty clear that you can't have egress from one bedroom through another. IRC R310.1 "...every sleeping room shall have at least one operable emergency escape and rescue opening....emergency escape and rescue openings shall open directly into a public way, or to a yard or court that opens to a public way."
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Welcome to the party
 
The question is about exit access. R310.1 is about emergency escape.

We have the egress windows in the bedroom but the only normal way in or out can be through another sleeping room or bathroom that could be locked from the other side

leaving you no exit. You should not have to exit the space through an emergency egress window when there is no emergency.

Welcome to the discussion.
 
retire09 said:
The question is about exit access. R310.1 is about emergency escape.We have the egress windows in the bedroom but the only normal way in or out can be through another sleeping room or bathroom that could be locked from the other side

leaving you no exit. You should not have to exit the space through an emergency egress window when there is no emergency.

Welcome to the discussion.
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Why do you care? As long as someone can get out of the building in an emergency I really don't care how they access rooms on a regular basis. I agree that is not a good idea, but ultimately that's someone else's decision on what works for their family.
 
If the smoke alarms go off, I would like to have the option to leave by a door before having to jump from a third floor window to the ground.

Here in Alaska, egress windows in the winter typically are frozen shut and cannot be opened. They have to be broken out.

Egress windows should always be the last resort for emergency escape; not the only reliable option.
 
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