![]() These top openers only had a drop of about 400mm. This was a terraced house, where most windows were about 1800mm high. A few years ago I pulled up to a home for my appointment, and across from me was another window company taking out a house full of tilt and turn windows in a terraced house, and putting back top opening windows. This isn’t the first time I have seen this. If the latter is true that’s about as bad as it gets. Or, they do know them, and have decided to ignore them because the customer wanted that type of window and it was easier for them to say yes to get the order. Now, either the the company and sales person for that job is just plain stupid and doesn’t know the rules anywhere well enough. I explained to her that I would not be suggesting those types of windows for her home. OK downstairs so long as the ventilation law is satisfied, but definitely not OK on the fire escape front. She told me that the house over the road has had a house full of small top opening windows installed when the previous windows were side opening. I was pointed to an installation the other day as I was sitting my own lead at a home owner’s property. So, fairly easy rule to follow you would think. you can replace like for like in bedrooms design wise, you just can’t make the access situation even worse. a bedroom with a 90 degree side opener cannot be replaced solely with small top openersĪs far as I understand it, you can copy a “bad design”, i.e. you can’t install new windows which remove a fire escape i.e.all upstairs habitable rooms must have some form of fire escape window i.e.The ruleĬorrect me if I’m wrong, but this is as I understand it: And if we’re going to tighten up on rules, I want this one to be the first one. We have all seen the utterly horrendous consequences that flouting fire safety can result in last year. It’s a fairly straightforward one, yet, I see evidence of some many installers paying no attention to it is scares me. I’m not a huge flag waver for red tape, however one rule that I don’t think is enforced anywhere near enough in the window and door industry is the fire escape rule. ![]() But, we have them, and they’re there for good reasons. About as grey as you can get in terms of a conversation subject. When it comes to things we are all fans of, I wouldn’t put rules and regulations up there. ![]()
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