I am framing my basement and my building inspector approved my permit but said my existing egress windows the builder installed must provide 8% of the square footage of the bedroom for the
natural light requirement. Since the windows are already in place and I think they are 48x36 sliders, and he said you can not use the actual size you have to measure the glass only to come up with
the sq footage of the window, which I am guessing would be around 10 sq feet for a 48x36, so the max room I could have would be 125 sq feet, so a bit bigger than 10x12.
I just don't understand how this natural light requirement assists in egress in any way, specially at night..
Comments?
natural light requirement. Since the windows are already in place and I think they are 48x36 sliders, and he said you can not use the actual size you have to measure the glass only to come up with
the sq footage of the window, which I am guessing would be around 10 sq feet for a 48x36, so the max room I could have would be 125 sq feet, so a bit bigger than 10x12.
I just don't understand how this natural light requirement assists in egress in any way, specially at night..
Comments?