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Does a Bedroom Require a Window to be legally a Bedroom?

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    LABMAN wrote: »
    Bedroom in a multi story flat and a fire breaks out....how's a window going to help?

    I should think you'd be grateful for it when you're waving to the alert the firemen that can come up in breathing apparatus.

    I don't think people are being sensible here. Given the choice of a room with a window or no window...
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  • System
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    In Scotland we have a minimum daylight requirement in the regs for apartments, but I don't think that's the case down south, however I've never been asked to design a bedroom with no windows!
    You need a means of escape and have ventilation requirements to consider, but the real issue is - would you want to live in a room like that.
    It would maybe be a better solution to open up the room to have a bigger room with some natural light and use a partial divider to segregate areas...
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  • Gers
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    My new double glazed wooden sash windows (listed building requirements) all have a means to swing open vertically as a means of escape. Mind you, it's so fiddly to do that I'm not convinced that I'd be able to do it in an emergency.

    Might go and practice!
  • LeagueOfWolf
    LeagueOfWolf Posts: 63 Forumite
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    Thanks for all your replies I've decided not going to convert the kitchen and leave as is! Saved me money & hassle I guess glad I came here!
  • 27cool
    27cool Posts: 267 Forumite
    I have a vague recollection from when I built my house many, many years ago. That you didn't have to have a window. But, if you did, it had to be a certain size or have a certain ratio of window opening area to window total area.
    But, ignore me. As it was so long ago, that I have probably got it completely wrong.
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