Finishing a 2nd floor Patio off of bedroom
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:33 pm
I have a spare bedroom with a 2nd floor balcony off of it. I am planning on converting the patio into an art studio. There is a window and a door from the spare bedroom that are both in the footprint of the patio, meaning if I covered the entire patio I would no longer have a window (code problem, yes?) or a proper egress. Now, If I left the door off of the doorway, I have to imagine I would still fail the egress test, and even if I didn't doesn't a bedroom require a window? So it looks like the goofy answer will be to build the studio on 90% of the patio's current footprint and leave the window from the spare bedroom as an egress and natural light source, which also leaves a goof 5' x 10' patio that is inaccessible. I have attached a diagram. As a frame of refrence, the distance between the end of the house and the beginning of the balcony is right around 45".
Thanks,
Adam
Thanks,
Adam