I have a friend who is planning to replace a single double hung window with a combination of a single fixed window with casements mulled to either side of the fixed window. This will be installed within a non-load bearing wall in a “rec” room above his garage. Is there any code that states that the sill of the casement window must be a minimum height above the floor?
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less than 18" above finished floor.
Next to a door.
within 32" of a tub or shower.
These are cases you can have glass, but it must be tempered or safety.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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So the sill must be at least 18" above the finished floor unless the glass is tempered? If the glass is tempered, does that number decrease?
The glass needs to be that high, the sill can be lower. An glass lower than 18 needs to be tempered. Also, many glass manufacturers automatically temper large (tall) glass, for that reason probably, but maybe there are size restrictions that dictate tempered. I'm sorry, don't know.Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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An glass lower than 18 needs to be tempered. Also, many glass manufacturers automatically temper large (tall) glass, for that reason probably, but maybe there are size restrictions that dictate tempered.
I bumped into that when I was ordering 15-43"x81" insulated units. They assumed I'd be too close to the floor for untempered. As they're up 39" we didn't get tempered. Next house was 120" tall, still untempered (tall walls). Heavy suckers....PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
120"?! Gawd, you putting windows in a church?jt8
120"?! Gawd, you putting windows in a church?
Nope. Just tall walls (16'). Client wanted higher than my combined (8') windows even though he's only maybe 5'5". I thought/think he was nuts. Thermally, it was not the best idea. One nice thing about PAHS is you can do a lot of cheating without much detriment. He figured it didn't cost much more and why not? These were assembled on site, copper clad with EPDM weatherstrip. Worked out well, other than requiring 3 of us to hoist them in place. No hernias, or broken glass. PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
The glass can be as low as you want, even drop below the floor (as it sometimes does on a window installed adjacent to the landing of a stairway), so long as any glass below 18" is tempered.
The one I was thinking of is egress.
IOf this is used as a bedroom, ther must be one egress openning to the outside. A door or a window with the sill ( going from memory here so check me) no more than 42 above floor and openning size of 5.2 sq ft
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It's not just the square footage, there's a minimum width and height also: 20" W, 24" H. It's not just egress, it's ingress for firefighters wearing airpacks.
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