Hi! I'm new to gardening (help lots with friends gardens but never had one myself) and was wondering what I could do with this below ground space outside my window :0
Edit: as many of you have pointed out this place is a bad area to grow things and should stay as a cleared out firescape. Ill trust the wisdom of the crowed and not temp fate, thanks everyone for being polite with my misunderstanding of the area!
if the fire is at the door, or outside the door of that room, or something is blocking your way out of the room, you won't be able to access the other fire exits.
People have put a lot of thought into these - they don't make them, just for fun.
It’s in case there is a fire upstairs…
If you’re on a third-fourth-fifth etc. story window, and the fire is outside your doors you’re also trapped. So this can’t be the reason for the required basement windows.
Code specifically requires the need for one exit window, AND not all rooms need them, only sleeping areas, and only one needed even if there is multiple. Offices don’t, gyms don’t, bedrooms only. Some local codes go above and beyond this and most their own various reasons. Like some places requireing every unit on a high rise to have a fire escape. These are FAR from the norm, sitcoms love having them though, so they seem more ubiquitous than they are. It’s also per unit, not every bedroom in the unit… for the same reason as above.
You’re right people have thought about it, but you’re not correct, at all.