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Posted by Joseph Meehan on May 14, 2006, 1:50 pm
>
> You are absolutely right.
>
> There are many millions of people that have lived in windowless
> basements without a problem.
>
> If you want to be cautious, put in a couple of detectors from
> Walmart. They cost $20.
I suggest you ask you local fire department what they think about it.
>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 May 2006 13:14:56 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
>>
>>>mgarvie wrote:
>>>> I have two bedrooms in the basement with small windows and if the
>>>> heat or AC isn't on there is no air flow. I was considering
>>>> installing duct fans with a timer switch and a short duct through the
>>>> wall to provide some fresh air. Has anyone had any experience with
>>>> these? I considered bathroom exaust fans but they seemed too loud to
>>>> me.
>>>
>>> To add to what hallerb wrote, some places have some very specific
>>>requirement about having sleeping areas in a basement. They do this
>>>because
>>>of the very real safety hazard involved. My in-laws had a fire from a
>>>gas
>>>leak at the water heater. The boys sleeping in the basement got past the
>>>door to the utility room and on the steps out about three feet when the
>>>door
>>>was blown off and fire blocked the doorway. It is good the dog got them
>>>up.
>>>Please don't say to your self that it will never happen to me.
>>>
>>> Fix it right. Get the windows re-designed or forget using those
>>> storage
>>>rooms for bedrooms.
>>
>>FWIW. Tens of thousands of homes were built here in the 50's & 60's
>>with windows in the basements like the orginal poster describes. I'll
>>bet lunch most of them have bedrooms in the basements.
>>I grew up in one.
>>
>>I'll also bet fewer than 1% of them have spent the $ to excavate & cut
>>holes in foundations to make the windows larger.
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