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Hall width

13-06-2014 04:52PM

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Whats the minimum width a hall in a new domestic house can be?

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#2 13-06-2014 05:06PM

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ruskin wrote: »

Whats the minimum width a hall in a new domestic house can be?

page 116 here

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#3 13-06-2014 05:09PM

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sydthebeat wrote: »

page 116 here

Thanks!
Would that mean too that if you were building a ground floor bedroom near an existing boundary wall that you would need 900mm clear space (footpath) between the window and the wall to facilitate window escape?

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#4 13-06-2014 05:13PM

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good question.... easy answer is no, it has nothing to do with escape distances required.

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#5 13-06-2014 05:16PM

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I assume though that the width of a footpath would be fine.

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#6 13-06-2014 05:22PM

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a standard footpath... yes

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