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Posted by Glenn on February 15, 2008, 12:29 pm
I don't know where the change is taking place but code
requires egress out of the room too. Even if it is
fixed glass, I would want it low enough to throw a
chair through it to keep the fire from my butt.
> wrote:
>> It is time to replace the windows along the front of
>> my house. One room I
>> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom.
>> Alas, the windows, large
>> 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the
>> floors, so anything I put in
>> front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a
>> couch in one case and a
>> desk in another.
>>
>> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high
>> windows and mount them
>> 34" off the floor. The siding is simulated
>> board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
>> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16
>> inches. The house is an
>> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a
>> hillside, so any exterior
>> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior
>> will get craftsman style
>> casing, base, and crowns.
>>
>> Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise
>> the windows or just go
>> with the current size? The construction aspects are
>> easy enough, but I am
>> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks
>> for any suggestions.
>
> You build a room for space and install windows for
> light, air and
> obtaining a view. Unless you have some spectacular
> view right under
> those windows, I'd opt for raising them up so you can
> utilize the
> space in front of the windows more easily. Code only
> requires impact
> resistant glass if the glass is within 18" of the
> floor.
>
> R
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