windows in an extension

[mishel02]

I am having a single storey extension built with a utilty room, a dinning room and a cloakroom, do the windows need to meet the building regulations on escape?

I did not need planning permission as it is a permitted development

The window company said no and said top opening widows would be ok, but im worried about the building inspector will have to say about it

Thanks

 

[noseall]

Means of escape generally applies to habitable rooms, i.e. 1st floor bedrooms but not exclusively.

If say the dining room were isolated, at the end of a corridor or as an offshoot from another room then there may be a case.

You must also observe smoke detector requirements.