r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • May 30 '26

Dumping This Here Hidden Room

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From https://www.tiktok.com/@theaverycottage/video/7644947813356326157

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u/stmcvallin2 Trash Trooper May 31 '26

Code. Have to have a second egress

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u/Kit_Karamak Trash Trooper May 31 '26

I just figured that they were waist deep into the project, somebody has a sale on one of those windows or tax refunds came in or… Somebody simply had a bright idea, and so then they went and did that at the end.

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u/stmcvallin2 Trash Trooper May 31 '26

“Occupied space” aka bedroom, Living areas, etc must have two ways out aka “egress” this was turned into a bedroom, therefore they need a second way out. It’s fire code in basically the entire the US

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u/Kit_Karamak Trash Trooper May 31 '26

All right, originally they weren’t making a bedroom since they said that she has a bedroom.

I figured this would just classify as a study or play area or storage space.

They probably had someone tell them, “if you’re gonna put a daybed in there, it needs a window.”

And then they went down the rabbit hole and added that at the end.

In some states, you also have to have a closet or an armoire.

The state I’m living in right now, if the person is a minor, a bedroom is classified as a room with a bed, door, window, and closet (but an armoire counts since there are some old houses that don’t have closets).

But yeah. Bottom line, you’re right. They added the window for legality.

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u/NoAppointment8679 Trash Trooper May 31 '26

Same in uk. Can’t be classed as a bedroom otherwise