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Confused re: first floor windows lower than 800m

ladybirdbaby1 · 2021-03-09 10:31:38

Hi there, We are sale agreed on a house that was built in 2005-completed in 2007. We had a surveyor who poInted out that all the first floor windows (bedrooms) are lower than 800mm from the floor, and that t windows themselves open out like a door. It’s an old farmhouse style, but a new build. Because the ridge height of…

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#32 10-03-2021 1:16pm
JimmyMW

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sydthebeat wrote: »

thats an awful lots of assumptions

the OP has the ability to ensure the window, when opened fully stops at a minimum of 800mm above floor level. That gives a 550 possible opening, or if you want to include a 50mm frame, a 500mm opening.

the OP only then needs 660mm of clear opening between jambs, which should be easily achieved with a 850mm ope.

Likewise on the assumptions mate

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