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- Garage - No Man Door | The Building Code Forum
That’s about 10’x20’, the size of a single parking space inside a garage in a typical residential zoning code 2 cars x 3 rows is approx 40’ deep x 30’ wide, 1200 SF, which is 6 occupants A garage of 2000 SF in area would qualify as “10 occupants or less”, at which point an egress door is not required to be swinging
- Understanding Fire Area - The Building Code Forum
Where the fire area of the enclosed parking garage in accordance with Section 406 6 exceeds 12,000 square feet (1115 m2) Where the enclosed parking garage in accordance with Section 406 6 is located beneath other groups Exception: Enclosed parking garages located beneath Group R-3 occupancies
- Elevation of ignition source | The Building Code Forum
Second was in attached garage with Kerosene heater on floor about 5 ft away Both while working on motorcycle gas tanks About 30 years ago worked a fatality guy changing fuel lines on Camaro or Trans Am Gas water heater on floor likely ignition source, occupant was found still under burned out car in the attached garage
- What is a garage? - The Building Code Forum
The thing is, I can't find a definition of what a garage is either in the local code, state law, or the IRC (2015 is applicable for my town) For the sake of avoiding asking my CEO too many questions, does anyone know where I can find the definition of a garage? This would be a one-story detached garage more than 20 ft away from the home
- Golf cart storage - The Building Code Forum
S-2 - motor vehicle parking garage A golf cart is a small, motorized vehicle Therefore, it falls under the literal definition posted in the IBC under S-2 occupancies In fact, a modern automobile with a gas engine is hundreds of times more flammable than a golf cart Also see IBC Section 406 If this is a motor vehicle repair garage see S-1
- Attached garage separation question | The Building Code Forum
If the dwelling and garage are fire sprinklered, is the gwb still required? I think so but not sure Any penetrations of the gwb, 2024 IRC refers to R302 11 Fireblocking and no 4 At openings around vents, pipes, ducts, cables and wires at ceiling and floor level, with an approved material to resist the free passage of flame and products of
- Sallyport Q. - The Building Code Forum
Sounds more like a garage than a sally port A sally port is a vestibule of sorts used to control access from a nonsecure area into a secure area and vice versa (especially in prisons) If a vehicle is just pulled in, inspected investigated, and then backed out, then it is just a garage in my opinion
- Is an egress door required? | The Building Code Forum
Could the garage door maunfactures design a required egress door in the garage door itself for existing car washes? A lot of these automatics do not have an additional door for egress Several older car washes are built with block wall construction The idea of a big red "push button for emergency escape" would work as long as the car wash has
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