Pressurized Walls: Legal?

I went to look at an apartment the other day and the landlord had taken a studio and put in a pressurized wall with interior ‘windows” in it, turning the studio into a very small two room apartment. I thought I remembered reading a while back that this process is illegal. What exactly are the restrictions on this? Are there minimum room sizes? Thanks.

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in Building Code 12 years and 8 months ago

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merril5 | 9 years and 7 months ago

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Pressurized walls are not illegal in NYC.This is a total fallacy, ask any landlord to show you the law that states they are!If you want to get free pressurized wall quotes check out www.pressurizedwalls.com

sylvang21 | 11 years and 11 months ago

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contrary to what this other guy is saying, they’re not illegal at all. The only thing that matters is if your buildings management company allows it as the NYC building code says NOTHING about pressurized walls being illegal. I wrote articles on my blog about the use of them in Stuyvesant town in lower Manhattan and an experience I had myself using them. Regarding Stuy town, the owners disallowed pressurized walls like some management companies do but they do allow you to use free-standing walls which don’t reach the ceiling. There’s also no minimum room size but the standard wall is about 8ft high by 8ft long, or so I’ve been told. I have a lot of truthful points about pressurized walls on my blog http://pressurizedwallsguide.blogspot.com/

jockdeboeraia | 12 years and 8 months ago

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There is a way to do it, but if the walls go to the ceiling then, no, it is not legal.  Does the resulting leftover space have at least a window?  8′ is the min. dim. in both directions.