ᐅ Is an emergency override for blinds on the upper floor strictly necessary?
Created on: 23 Feb 2020 15:37
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Golfi90
Hello everyone.
Today we visited our soon-to-be neighbors and took a look at their house.
I noticed a manual crank (in addition to the electric switch) on a shutter on the upper floor.
Our neighbor said that such an emergency opening is mandatory in Lower Saxony!
However, we have not planned for something like that. Or rather, our general contractor hasn’t!
Are there regulations on when such an emergency opening is required and when it is not?
Today we visited our soon-to-be neighbors and took a look at their house.
I noticed a manual crank (in addition to the electric switch) on a shutter on the upper floor.
Our neighbor said that such an emergency opening is mandatory in Lower Saxony!
However, we have not planned for something like that. Or rather, our general contractor hasn’t!
Are there regulations on when such an emergency opening is required and when it is not?
Golfi90 schrieb:
The house is just a few weeks away from handover...
I will talk to the general contractor about it...Do you have roller shutters all around upstairs?
No official inspector came by for the final inspection. However, in the building application, one window (in the bathroom) is explicitly designated as an emergency escape window; it is also larger than the other non-floor-to-ceiling windows, measuring 1.87 x 1.43 meters (6.1 x 4.7 feet). In my case, the window was fitted with a manual crank, although this was not mentioned in the building application—it was added by my construction company.
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