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Dodge
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Removing an outside door

I have a door leading to the outside in one of the bedrooms that I really don't need and want to remove.

Is it safe to assume that I can just take out the door and it's frame while leaving all the headers in place, put studs in it's place, insulate / finish from outside and inside and call it a day or are there special considerations that need to be taken into account?

Hall
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join:2000-04-28
Germantown, OH

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I can't imagine why you can't do that. If not, I'm curious as to the reasons...
XXXXXXXXXXX1
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Some municipal codes specify minimum egress standards including size and placement of doors and windows. Might want to look into that before you seal it up.
Dodge
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The house was supposed to have 3 doors, a sliding door was put in at some point, so the number of doors if I close this up will remain exactly like what the township thinks I have
HarryH3
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If the bedroom also has a window that meets egress requirements then you should be all set. Bedrooms must have two possible exit points, in case a fire is blocking one of them.
Dodge
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The question is not really about codes, but if that's the right way of covering the old door
Trimox
join:2012-09-24
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Your plan will work just fine for filling up that hole. As far as for the codes and having egress. If that door is indeed 1 of the 2 means of egress out of that bedroom and you fill it in, you can't call it a bedroom anymore. So what is in a name nothing until you want to sell the house and your 5 bedroom is now a 4 (read: less $). Just thought I would put it out there to think about.
joewho
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Dundee, IL

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That is the correct way to seal up the door and gain some wall space. How about the exterior siding?
Dodge
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The room has a door into the house, a window and this door to the outside. Wouldn't the door to the inside of the house and the window qualify as 2 points of egress? because if they don't I have a 0 bedroom house.
Trimox
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A window does count for egress as long as it is (I believe) 4 sq ft ie. 2ftx2ft.
tomupnorth
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I'd have thought that one window is enough. I checked with Bob Vila and he agrees but that one window must be of a certain makeup:

»www.bobvila.com/articles ··· bedroom/

Dodge if you have a too-small window I would block-off that door somehow such that you can restore it if/when you need to sell.
kherr
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... after seeing some of the crap that "Bob Vila" has put on, I wouldn't trust him father than I could toss a loaded concrete truck. Same goes for that "Holmes on Homes" junk .....

Jack_in_VA
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North, VA

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Homes is more interested in getting tattoos it seems
iknow_t
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you'll probably need a permit to do that, and have the CO changed to reflect that... else you could wind up with big fines, or the CO revoked.
Dodge
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CO in this township implies give us money and we'll give you a CO. When I moved in, none of the carbon monoxide deterctors were working, the fire extiguisher was past it's expiration date, and the house passed CO with flying colors. I don't think they give a flying F about anything but the fee.

DannyZ
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I think in this context CO means Certificate of Occupancy

Beezel
join:2008-12-15
Las Vegas, NV

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said by DannyZ:

I think in this context CO means Certificate of Occupancy

Yes it does.