It's a sleeping area so it becomes a bedroom. When you have an area that has multiple purposes, we must build to the most restrictive of the rules. Not only should the loft have receipts 12 feet apart, but smoke alarms, AFCI protections, egress window and stairs. How many of us in the middle of the night can safely maneuver a ladder to hit the head? It's hard enough using a ladder during the day when we are being paid
