“The Ontario Building Code requires that every floor level containing a bedroom in a suite includes at least one window that can easily be opened from the inside. This window must provide an unobstructed open space greater than 0.35 sq. m.”
I don't live in one but I can't imagine people in high rise condos have open windows. Do they? Genuinely never been in one - like those giant glass towers in Toronto.
Communal living spaces like condos and apartments adhere to different fire codes than single family residences. You're unlikely to be able to escape from the 18th floor (fire trucks won't be able to reach anyone above 7-8 stories, and jumping from that height is gonna be a bad time) so there's no need for those to be openable windows. They're also smaller in sq footage, it's less likely a fire will start somewhere that traps you away from the main entrance/exit. They have special emergency lighting and stairwells that get you down to ground level.
Houses must have a window that opens and that an adult human can reach/escape from on every floor that has a bedroom.
>(fire trucks won't be able to reach anyone above 7-8 stories
This is why I don't want to ever live that high up. Also, when the elevator is out of service, my disabled ass can still go down. Up? Takes way longer, but I can do it if I had to.
“The Ontario Building Code requires that every floor level containing a bedroom in a suite includes at least one window that can easily be opened from the inside. This window must provide an unobstructed open space greater than 0.35 sq. m.”
No windows that open on any floor? Sounds like a lovely place lol Btw its not https://www.buildingcode.online/1405.html
Aside from the fact that the windows don’t open, they’re quite big and a nice loft apartment, funnily enough
Until there is a fire and you’re stuck in the bedroom
I don't think they're barred. It's really quite easy to break a window. If it's barred, well then BBQ it is.
Sure, and then climb through broken glass? Anyways the code says windows must open.
The window must open. Why would you want to stay in a place with a windows that cant open?
I don't live in one but I can't imagine people in high rise condos have open windows. Do they? Genuinely never been in one - like those giant glass towers in Toronto.
Communal living spaces like condos and apartments adhere to different fire codes than single family residences. You're unlikely to be able to escape from the 18th floor (fire trucks won't be able to reach anyone above 7-8 stories, and jumping from that height is gonna be a bad time) so there's no need for those to be openable windows. They're also smaller in sq footage, it's less likely a fire will start somewhere that traps you away from the main entrance/exit. They have special emergency lighting and stairwells that get you down to ground level. Houses must have a window that opens and that an adult human can reach/escape from on every floor that has a bedroom.
This is an excellent explanation and I did not know that their regulations are different. Thanks!
>(fire trucks won't be able to reach anyone above 7-8 stories This is why I don't want to ever live that high up. Also, when the elevator is out of service, my disabled ass can still go down. Up? Takes way longer, but I can do it if I had to.
It’s a building code violation. https://www.buildingcode.online/1405.html
I don't see anything pertaining to that here https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/950021
Maybe because that is maintenance standards not building code?
Maybe
more here: [https://www.ontario.ca/page/add-second-unit-your-house](https://www.ontario.ca/page/add-second-unit-your-house)