Hi folks,
Can someone please explain this to me and/or check the validity of this.
I have read online that one can provide an exit from an egress window well that comes through and lands on the floor of a deck.
Is this an option, or not? I want to build a large deck off the back of our house. I’d also like to build over the egress well to make the deck the size that I want. However, I obviously can’t lose access to the egress window, either.
Is there a way to have the best of both worlds? The deck will not be 36 inches above the window well, so that is the problem that I am facing.
Below is the text that I found online, and the link to that website as well. The site has a nice diagram of exactly what I want to do…I just wanted your input as well.
Thanks much,
JC
http://www.deckmagazine.com/article/165.html
“Providing for an exit through a deck is a seemingly easy way to comply with the code: Directly above a window well, leave an opening in the deck that is at least equal in size to the well…”