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"Mock Sash" windows

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  • #32
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    hexosan wrote: »
    I've 900mmx1.5m downstairs & 900mmx1.3m upstairs I've went with a single panel triple glazed unit top hung opening out. .

    Does that qualify as the ''unobstructed ope'' required for fire escape? I would have thought the opening is still obstructed by the window (even if open) if it's a solid pane of glass top hung opening out?


  • #33
    hexosan
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    I'll have to refer back to what I have but as far as I know both the eng & window crowd signed off on them. Since your standard door is roughly 900x1.8 give or take I think a 900x1.5 should cover a fire escape


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    hexosan wrote: »
    I'll have to refer back to what I have but as far as I know both the eng & window crowd signed off on them. Since your standard door is roughly 900x1.8 give or take I think a 900x1.5 should cover a fire escape

    I'm not referring to the size of the ope, I'm referring to the fact it's not unobstructed because of the style of the window. A window sales man told me that no matter how big my top opening casement windows were, they'd never qualify as a fire escape because the opening of a top opening casement isn't viewed as unobstructed


  • #35
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    theres a min / max height of 800 - 1100 that the bottom of the opening section must be at

    most top hung first floor windows wouldnt comply with that


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