Hi All,
Hopefully someone out there can help answer my question. I am in the process of looking for a townhouse in south east Pennsylvania. A lot of the homes I have looked at have finished basements, but none have been walk-outs or have egress windows. As an example, one house built in the late 80s had the basement finished in 2006, would the owners have been required to put in a form of egress to be up to code? If I buy, am I going to be responsible to add an egress window at some point? If anyone out there can help to explain basement egress requirements to me that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance for your input.
Hopefully someone out there can help answer my question. I am in the process of looking for a townhouse in south east Pennsylvania. A lot of the homes I have looked at have finished basements, but none have been walk-outs or have egress windows. As an example, one house built in the late 80s had the basement finished in 2006, would the owners have been required to put in a form of egress to be up to code? If I buy, am I going to be responsible to add an egress window at some point? If anyone out there can help to explain basement egress requirements to me that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance for your input.