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Posted by GMDuggan on December 20, 2007, 2:21 am
lol, I've heard the "fireman in full gear" explaination too. But the
code for acceptable clear opening in a window calls for "Egress", in
other words, exit. That and firemen have axes and are not afraid of
using them. I doubt that a fireman would even check to see if the
window was locked before ripping it out for ingress.
The 4' wide window would work with 40" height (@ 5.8 s.f. opening)
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> > I can't believe this post, if you look close to what he says about the
> > window size in the UBC and what he desires.
> > 3X4 feet. This is 12 sq ft area. This is greater then 5.7 Sq ft. The 24"
> > high and 20" wide minimum is only 3.33 sq ft.
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> > To verify look at the IBC 2006 plus your area ( or outside of US ) edited
> > version of same. You can also look at the IBC 2006 Residential Code.
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> You're reading the code incorrectly. It doesn't matter how damn big
> the window is, it matters how big the unobstructed opening is. Things
> like glass and frame generally obstruct movement through a window.
> That's how they're designed to work.
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> The code is intended to allow a fire fighter - or Santa Claus, it's
> that time of year and the chimney route is wreaking havoc with his
> back - to enter through the window while in full gear with breathing
> backpack.
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> R
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