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- Landing required? | The Building Code Forum
I am inspecting what looks like a mother-in-law apartment being built above an attached garage This was an existing empty space above the garage They don't want a landing on top of the stairway that goes to this space The stairway is being built in the garage but will have a wall built
- HVAC in a garage - The Building Code Forum
Codes do not permit duct openings in a residential attached garage, for obvious reasons I ran across one yesterday where it appears that the contractor is placing an air handler in a garage under living space My first reaction is -not permitted- however as I thought about it I figured the
- Elevation of ignition source - The Building Code Forum
The requirement for the 18" elevation of an ignition source in a private garage applies to any appliance capable of generating a spark, flame or glow due to heat We commonly apply this standard to only gas appliances but an electric spark from a motor or switch offers the same concern With
- Car Ramp maximum slope - The Building Code Forum
Parking garages, other than private garages, shall be classified as public parking garages and shall comply with the provisions of Sections 406 4 2 through 406 4 8 and shall be classified as either an open parking garage or an enclosed parking garage
- Private Garages - The Building Code Forum
Is a private garage also a parking garage I can see this answer going both ways, with out the aid of definitions Or is a parking garage the same as an open garage only with walls If so, then a parking garage and private garage are the same I have tried to treat them as 3 distinct types of buildings, private garage, parking garage, open garage
- Minimum Floor Slope for Drainage - The Building Code Forum
Irc The building code requires that a garage floor be sloped towards the door, but does not specify a minimum slope It is usually 1 8” to 1 4” per foot Here is the citation from the International Residential Code (IRC): R309 4: "The area of floor used for parking of automobiles or other vehicles shall be sloped to facilitate the movement of liquids to a drain or toward the main vehicle
- R-2 Building with S-2 Tuck Under parking - NFPA 13 or 13R?
Hi, We have a similar situation and questions here, we have an open S-2 parking garage below, and 4 stories of R-2 apartments above We’re proposing a 3-hour horizontal separation between the garage and the apartments The contractor is asking if we could use a 13R sprinkler system in the residential apartments
- fire separation in garages - The Building Code Forum
When constructing split entry's, we alway's framed around the steel I-beam and post in the garage, installed gyp and taped the seams Same on the fur-down (duct covering)and ceiling gyp, just tape unless spray texure was being installed, alway's thought that was the code are we requiring something different now?
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