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- Habitable Space Exiting into a Garage | The Building Code Forum
The habitable space only accessed through the garage is a private hair salon, I believe this would be considered habitable space? The other rooms only accessed through the garage are a laundry room, a toilet room and a storage room, all considered non-habitable
- 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?
- Garage Area | The Building Code Forum
The building code limits a residential garage (U occupancy) to 1000 square feet This is under IBC 406 3 1 Classification Is there any exceptions to
- 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
- 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
- Evolution of GFCI Protection in the National Electrical Code (1971-2023)
1975: GFCI protection became mandatory for bathroom receptacle outlets in dwellings 1978: Coverage extended to garage receptacle outlets in dwellings and receptacles within 6 feet of a sink 1981-1990: Expanding Scope 1981: GFCI protection required for receptacles in boathouses 1984: Construction sites mandated to have GFCI protection
- When is a portal frame not needed for a garage door?
Typically when I draw a garage I just default to the portal frame since they're usually narrow in my area; not much meat on either side of the door I have one coming up that is, for once, not It's a 30x30, 11' ceilings, with a 14' door centered on the gable end I'm having a hard time pointing
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