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Garage pedestrian door size | The Building Code Forum I have a single car garage with a sectional overhead door, I have space on one stucco wall for a 24 x 75 pedestrian door will that size be acceptable since it is not the main egress door?
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
Asphalt Floor? | The Building Code Forum Asphalt is combustible, therefore not permitted for garages 2021 IRC R309 1 Floor Surface 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
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
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
S-1 occupancy, occupant load | The Building Code Forum 2015 IBC, table 1004 1 2, what does a s-1 storage occupancy (repair garage with ordinary hazard) fall under for the occupant load factor? im thinking industrial at 200 sf per person
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
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