geddhedd

Window height opening Building regulations

geddhedd
2 years ago

Hi there,


We are trying to get to the bottom of how high we need to have the opening section of a window.


Our loft company who are due to start the work tomorrow have said we can source any window we want so long as it conforms to building regs.


I managed to get hold of a building inspector who suggested I looked at section K - 8.2.


This is simply a paragraph that states:


Prevention of falls

8.2 Where a person may fall through a window above ground floor level, provide suitable opening

limiters, to restrain the window sufficiently to prevent such falls, or guarding.


To me that's a little ambiguous, and would mean so many windows you see online wouldn't pass building regs. Am I missing something here?





The window we want to install is like the attached images above. The intention would be to have the opening part side hung, to allow a good flow of air through the loft when it's warm. I would of thought it was high enough to avoid a limiter? I have also attached some examples below that by this definition wouldn't pass building regs, and so I wonder how they are allowed to be sold / people get around this?







Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks


Ged



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