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Escape

​Requirement ​                              Unobstructed opening ​
            Dwellings ​       Buildings other than dwellings
​Country ​Exit free area/minWidth/minHeight
​England/Wales ​0.33m²/450mm/450mm
​Scotland ​​0.33m²/450mm/450mm
​Northern Ireland ​0.33m²/450mm/450mm

 

MEANS OF ESCAPE

If specified for emergency escape purposes the roof window must have an unobstructed opening of not less than 0.33m² with neither the width nor the height less than 450mm.

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