mbruchs
(Michael Bruchs)
November 24, 2014, 9:32pm
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What requirements are needed, if any, for a basement bedroom that is accessed through a utility room (furnace and water heater installed)?
How about an egress window (none was installed) in a 1980 build?
It appeared that the basement was finished and/or remodeled in 2000.
The basement is a walkout with an exit door at the opposite side of the basement.
jjonas
(Jeffrey Jonas)
November 25, 2014, 1:27am
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mbruchs:
What requirements are needed, if any, for a basement bedroom that is accessed through a utility room (furnace and water heater installed)?
How about an egress window (none was installed) in a 1980 build?
It appeared that the basement was finished and/or remodeled in 2000.
The basement is a walkout with an exit door at the opposite side of the basement.
Might as well stop right there. This configuration is NOT allowed (and the explanation is not necessarily for the reason you may think).
belliott
(Bob Elliott, 450.0002662)
November 25, 2014, 5:39am
3
What requirement do you mean Jeff ?
Explanation is needed.
Egress window is required but why is pass through a utility room in violation ?
Maybe it is a giant room covering mot of the basement .
You could call the entire basement a utility room if it is not enclosed so what size is to small to be used as a pass through if indeed it is one ?
jjonas
(Jeffrey Jonas)
November 25, 2014, 1:25pm
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Who wants to bet there is **no **permit pulled for that “bedroom”?!
G2406.2 (303.3) Prohibited locations . Appliances shall not be located in sleeping rooms , bathrooms, toilet rooms, storage closets or surgical rooms, or in a space that opens only into such rooms or spaces , except where the installation complies with one of the following:
The appliance is a direct-vent appliance installed in accordance with the conditions of the listing and the manufacturer’s instructions.
Vented room heaters, wall furnaces, vented decorative appliances, vented gas fireplaces, vented gas fireplace heaters and decorative appliances for installation in vented solid fuel-burning fireplaces are installed in rooms that meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.
A single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bathroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section G2445.6 and has an input rating not greater than 6,000 Btu/h (1.76 kW). The bathroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.
A single wall-mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bedroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in Section G2445.6 and has an input rating not greater than 10,000 Btu/h (2.93 kW). The bedroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Section G2407.5.
The appliance is installed in a room or space that opens only into a bedroom or bathroom, and such room or space is used for no other purpose and is provided with a solid weather-stripped door equipped with an approved self-closing device . **All combustion air shall be taken directly from the outdoors **in accordance with Section G2407.6.
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I assumed a few facts not provided by the OP, but let’s face it, I been 'spectin a long time, and the reality of it all says I already know with a good degree of certainty what conditions exist in this case. I see’s it all the time. If I am wrong about the particular facts… sue me!