Originally Posted by
wayne soper
Any thoughts on this egress. It appears too small to me.
That appears to be intended living space. In my opinion, it's a nice try, but nope. I'm going to assume that's 2 wells, but either way, I'd write it up.
The egress needs to be minimum 9 sq ft, minimum and a minimum height and widths of 3 feet. Additionally, basement emergency egress windows must open to expose the full space. These appear to be sliding windows. The openings will be half of what you see. The bars can be there, as long as they provide the same egress dimensions and so long as they don't require tools, keys, or special instructions or knowledge to open.
Go to section 310 in the IRC. There are some other provisos if the egress is 44 inches or more below grade level.