Can I Convert My Basement into a Legal Bedroom?

By Kelly Alessi, Staff Architect | February 21, 2021

Before you can consider that extra room in the basement as a legal bedroom, several requirements of the 2015 International Residential Code and NFPA 101 need to be met. Start by considering the following questions:

Is my ceiling at least 7 feet tall?
Does the room have adequate insulation in the walls?
Is there sufficient heating in that room?
Do my windows provide enough natural light and ventilation?
Are my windows large enough to function as a secondary means of escape in case of a fire?

Team Engineering can help you fully understand, and meet, the code requirements for any renovation project.

Building on Hope Nashua PAL Renovation Complete!

Apr 14, 2021

Team Engineering is honored to have contributed in a small way to the renovation of the Nashua Police Athletic for Building on Hope’s 2020 project. The building on Ash Street was entirely transformed and updated, and all construction and

Condo Development Reconstruction

Apr 07, 2021

Team Engineering provides many of our services to condominium associations all over New England. Condominium associations own common elements of buildings and properties, and that usually includes the building envelopes like roofs and exterior walls. This condominium complex in

What is a Braced Wall Design?

Mar 31, 2021

We’ve recently received a large number of inquiries for braced wall designs for residential homes in the New England area. This type of structural design, although not new, has been generating much more steam and being enforced more often.

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