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Hurricane shutters?
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:11 am
by a guest
Specific to Florida, due to hurricane season would shutters be considered blocked window egress if
found covering all windows to a specific unit?
Re: Hurricane shutters?
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:53 am
by Michael
Wow, there’s a question nobody has ever asked and one that I have never thought of myself, despite living in Florida for 5 years now.
I’m going to say yes, they would be considered blocked egress, but you should not have shutters on windows unless you have a hurricane coming… so maybe you shouldn’t be doing an inspection… or maybe you would appeal this if it was necessary for the shutters to be present. I would not think that
we would encounter this situation normally – do you have a specific example in mind where this might happen? If so, let me know the specifics and we’ll discuss how to deal with it.