On Sun, 13 May 2018 00:05:49 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2018 23:37:33 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2018 19:10:12 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2018 17:43:18 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote:



"On Slab" works good in Florida where anything resembling a basement
is liable to become an indoor swimming pool - up here in the higher
elevations and more temperate to cold regions, full basements are the
rule rather thanthe exception - almost always conditioned and used as
extra living /utility space.

Furnace in the attic? Not up here. It's in the "basement" - generally
along with laundry and a "rec room" - often an additional bathroom,-
and sometimes even a bedroom or 2.

I am aware of the basement thing but a lot of them still have water
problems. You are right, a basement here is going to be an indoor
pool. You can dig a well with a post hole digger. It is just nasty
water.
Most of those "bedrooms" are illegal since they don't have proper
egress. The "window well" in a basement does not provide enough clear
space to call that an egress so you need a door to the outside in the
bedroom(s)..



No, SOME of them are illegal - but many if not most have proper
egress. Does not need to be IN the bedroom, but needs to be easily
accessible from the bedroom. Bedrooms DO require minimum window area
based on floor area though.

The "window" in a bedroom is all about egress. (at least in the US 1&2
family building codes) It is called an "Emergency escape and rescue
opening".
Canadian code requires light AND egress - but in a situation where
it is not a rental unit, only 2 exits are required in an average sized
basement - one of which MUST be direct - either a door or "egress
window". If it is a separate living area the rules change and at
least in Waterloo egress is required from each bedroom. You can NOT
have a bedroom without a window, and the size of the window, if not
egress, is dictated by the floor area of the room - or to put it
another way, if you are adding a bedroom in a basement it's size is
limited by the size of the existing window unless you are willing to
enlarge it.