Re: Smaller egress windows in retrofit
This type of twisted, perverted logic constitutes a very real threat to the public. Following such ridiculous notions would lead to the conclusion that the removal of a necessary structural element in a structurally unsound building does not constitute an increased level of noncompliance. This type of reasoning is patently careless. Thank you again for illustrating how important it is for us to protect the public.brudgers said:First windows are never a means of egress (think exit access, exit, exit discharge) they are a means of escape.
Secondly, even if you misconstrue the code to include emergency escape and rescue openings as a means of egress, the current windows do not provide one so there is no reduction in protection.
A typical window replacement has no effect on the existing level of protection afforded by the means of egress...and again in this case there isn't an existing compliant means of escape either.