We are talking about three veacuation of the country house: through the window, a balcony and a roof, and also share tips, how to reduce the risk of penetration of strangers through these paths.
To ensure the safety of housing (and / or not to spoil the view from the windows of the first floor), the facade stairs can not be brought to the ground. Photo: V. Grigorieva
Passion packers are mounted not the roof parallel to the skate. They are extremely preferably equipped with railings. Photo: Borge.
In a private house, as a rule, there is a furnace or fireplace, and a boiler on hydrocarbon fuel is used for heating. These units, as well as electrical appliances and electrical wiring are potential sources of ignition. If the fire arises on the first floor and, moreover, the inhabitants of the house can be blocked on the upper floors, where the bedrooms are usually located. That is why in the EU countries, building regulations obligate to provide for all new houses of the Emergency Evacuation path. It will not hurt to take care of them and our developer.
In order for the fire staircase to be less noticeable, you can make it so that it is covered by trees or neighboring buildings. Photo. IN . Grigorieva
Evacuation through the window
Mainly on the market presented prefabricated structures, the elements of which are joined with each other. Photo: Borge.
This way to ensure the easiest way is to mount a special staircase on the facade. It should be attached to the carrier part of the fence (stone or block masonry, a log or bruster) and to withstand the load of at least 600 kg. Such products are in the assortment of some companies offering roofing metal structures, such as Borge and Ruukki. Made of steel with a multi-layer polymer coating, such stairs retain corrosion resistance over a minimum of 20 years. They paint them into several standard colors, so the design is easy to enter into an architectural appearance at home.
It is worth noting that in the winter from the stairs they need to knock down. Another nuance is not installed on the windows of the grille or blinds; It is allowed to equip the sash to the security lock (so-called child), but only under the condition that ordinary, not anti-vandal glass windows are purchased.
Under the evacuation window, you can install the supporting platform. Photo. Fakro.
Evacuation via Balcony
The retractable attic staircase approaches both the descent from the balcony, but it must be protected from atmospheric influences. Photo: Fakro.
It is provided with an outdoor hatch and folding or retractable staircase, which is stored on the balcony. This path of evacuation is convenient and at the same time immeasured and unavailable outside, and therefore does not make the house more attractive for thieves and robbers (we will return to this question). However, on the open balcony, the hatch and the staircase is quite difficult to maintain in working condition - it is necessary to close them from precipitation, in winter it is regularly brushing from snow and twice a year to check the status of moving parts of the design.
It is desirable to provide several evacuation paths (for example, through a balcony and roof) in different parts of the building. Photo: V. Grigoriev
Evacuation through the roof
As a rule, this path is provided for in houses with a narent floor. At the same time, a special evacuation roofing window is assembled with upper or side loops (in the conventional attic window the sash is medium-turn). From the window, it is necessary to provide descent on the roofing and facade stairs or the passage parallel to the skate along the special packers, equipped with the railings, to the fronton, where the facade staircase is located. In principle, the evacuation through the roof can also be provided in the house with a attic, but at the same time, the use of stewners and the withdrawal stairs, which in an emergency may be inaccessible in an emergency.
Fastening the stairs is best carried out at the installation stage of roofing. Photo: Borge.
How to reduce the risk of foreign access to the house through the paths of evacuation
Alas, the threat of unauthorized penetration into the house often scares the owner more than the danger of a fire, and makes it makes abandoning the device of evacuation paths. Meanwhile, it is not so difficult to secure these paths. The most effective is the video surveillance and alarm systems here. Practice shows that even the ving of the camcorder much reduces the attractiveness of the house for criminal elements. In addition, on request, you can make a facade fire staircase with a retractable bottom and resistant to hacking roofing hatch.
The system of bears and stairs can simultaneously serve to emergency evacuation from the building and for servicing the roof and chimney. Photo: Borge.