The egress window requirement is just part of the new rules included in a massive overhaul of the state’s building code, the first re-write of the code in 10 years.

An egress window located at or below grade, while meeting the minimum net clear opening width and height requirements, may have its net clear opening area reduced to 5.0 square feet.

I requested emergency egress for the bedroom window and a gate to accommodate air-conditioning in the living room, but when the landlord replaced the building’s windows, he put an emergency gate ...

Q: I live in a townhouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, built in the early 1980s. It has a finished basement with a small egress window with a rounded well outside. During heavy rainstorms, which we ...