Window height opening Building regulations
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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