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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
Garage Open Air Calculations - The Building Code Forum I am designing a garage, and trying to achieve natural ventilation I think I have achieved the required 20% open, as well as 40% perimeter open as per IBC 2006, but what if your garage is really deep? It seems like if you have a very large garage, if you're 150' from the perimeter, air is not
S-1 S-2 Regarding Parking Garage - The Building Code Forum Because this garage is over 1,000 SF it falls outside the scope of a "private garage" and is, for code purposes, a "public garage" Section 311 3 Classifies "Parking garages, open or enclosed" as a group S-2 Occupancy Because the Business Occupancy is a hazard to the S-2 occupancy, a fire barrier wall must be constructed between the two
Step from garage into House?? - The Building Code Forum I do not see anywhere in the IRC 2015 that requires a step from the garage into the house I saw the opening penetrations R302 5 Garage section R309 Is the step still a requirement and if so is there a minimum dimension?
16 Garage Door Headers - The Building Code Forum Re: 16' Garage Door Headers conarb said: It's not that simple, almost all garage door headers require portal design, and usually narrow portals integrated with the header, this always requires engineering, listen to your uncle In areas with significant lateral loads from sesmic or wind, yes In areas without such loads, it's not such an issue
2024 Portal Frames | The Building Code Forum In the picture provided, I would say that is still a single portal frame opening I think the intent was to prevent two portal frames immediately adjacent to each other using a common header Example would be at the garage, where for example, multiple garage door openings are on the same wall plane and configured to use a common header over 2+ portal frames - that would be prohibited
Commercial Repair Garages - The Building Code Forum I have plans for a "new" auto dealership with 2 separate bldgs One bldg is the Sales Showroom bldg and the other is the repair shop garage What occupant load would I use for the Shop Areas ( referring to Table 1004 1 1 in the 2006 IBC )? The Gross Area of the Shop is 4,200 sq ft
Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage - The Building Code Forum Re: Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage We have a minimum 36 inch high 2" schedule 40 iron pipe embedded in the garage slab We also have two alternates that are wheel stops and pipes bolted to the floor for retrofits 99% of the time we see the schedule 40 pipe embedded in the concrete
Vehicle storage | The Building Code Forum The aggregate quantity of fuel stored in a parking garage will exceed the quantities per a control area for determining Group H, and every car has a fuel tank greater than 5 gallons, so I don’t see how fuel quantity would be a factor—I think the requirements for parking garages takes those specific hazards into consideration
Residential service pit - The Building Code Forum How does a hole in the garage floor comply with this::: 406 3 3 Garage Floor Surfaces Garage floor surfaces shall be of approved noncombustible material 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 entry doorway Click to expand