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  1. IRC Landing at convenience door | The Building Code Forum

    Feb 14, 2025 · An attached garage is part of the dwelling. If there was a second door (convenience door) from the garage into the house, then it would not apply to the second door. …

  2. Stepped foundation wall to reduce rise from garage to house

    Jun 14, 2025 · The house was designed with 8′ foundation walls, and had a rise from the garage floor to the subfloor of 17-1/2″: 4″ for vapors + 1-1/2″ sill+ 11-1/4″ joist + 3/4″ sublfoor. For …

  3. New construction attached garage slab - to bear or not bear on …

    Jun 14, 2025 · The diagram shows a section view of a draft of my new home. Cars will enter the two car garage towards you, over a 4' frost wall. There are two sections of 4' frost wall that …

  4. Habitable Space Exiting into a Garage | The Building Code Forum

    May 21, 2025 · 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 …

  5. 406.3 Private Garages and car ports | The Building Code Forum

    Feb 12, 2018 · I interpret 406.3 to limit both private garages and carports to 1,000 square feet. When you get to 17,000 s.f., you effectively have an open parking garage on the ground level.

  6. Garage Portal Header Splices (plural) | The Building Code Forum

    Oct 16, 2009 · Suppose the garage is being built as a one-story structure today but the owner knows that he intends to add a second story a few years in the future -- or just wants to build in …

  7. Residential grounding - The Building Code Forum

    Dec 29, 2016 · I was putting up a garage at my house, and was planning on doing this, and then when I talked to the inspector, he pointed out that there was a retaining wall on the corner I …

  8. Vehicle impact bollards? | Page 2 | The Building Code Forum

    Jul 13, 2012 · I have a garage that has both HVAC unit and water heater (both electric) in a room at the end of the garage, in direct path of a vehicle. The contractor is calling it a utility room. I …

  9. Truck Repair Building - The Building Code Forum

    Jul 31, 2024 · Where a repair garage includes a motor fuel-dispensing facility, the fuel-dispensing operation shall comply with the requirements of this chapter for motor fuel-dispensing facilities. …

  10. Garage with no windows/doors? | The Building Code Forum

    Oct 17, 2009 · Garage has stairs into house above. Do I need to provide a door and/or window in the garage? Garage has overhead coiling door