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Garage - No Man Door | The Building Code Forum That’s about 10’x20’, the size of a single parking space inside a garage in a typical residential zoning code 2 cars x 3 rows is approx 40’ deep x 30’ wide, 1200 SF, which is 6 occupants A garage of 2000 SF in area would qualify as “10 occupants or less”, at which point an egress door is not required to be swinging
S-1 S-2 Regarding Parking Garage - The Building Code Forum The garage in question is not accessory to the Business occupancy and will be used to store the business Owner's large RV 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
Garage distance separation from dwelling - Section R309 Re: Garage distance separation from dwelling - Section R309 R309 2 is less restrictive and should be considered an exception to R302 1 Table R302 1 At 3' or less R309 2 allows 1 2" gyp on the interior of the exterior walls and permits a solid door or etc
NC Garage Legal Finish Requirement | The Building Code Forum The garage and or carport shall be separated as required by Table R302 6 Openings in garage walls shall comply with Section R302 5 Attachment of gypsum board shall comply with Table R702 3 5 The wall separation provisions of TableR302 6 shall not apply to garage walls that are perpendicular to the adjacent dwelling unit wall
fire separation in garages | The Building Code Forum Hello all, I have been looking into the rules for mudding and taping sheetrock in attached garages The IRC states that attached garages should be sheetrock with 1 2" on wall ceiling and 5 8" on ceiling if living space is above There is no requirement from what I can see on taping and mudding
Garage Floor Drain - The Building Code Forum Needing some info on garage floor drain Have read codes that garage floor must slope out or to a drain Have new residential construction with attached garage The builder installed what he identifies as floor drain I drained the livewell from my boat in garage floor Floor is completely flat without any slope to drain or towards door
2024 Portal Frames - The Building Code Forum By code, one could use a portal frame to support a 20’ wide garage door, but not this case with a much smaller opening If the three windows were replaced with a triple, mulled unit, I would assume it would be acceptable, which seems somewhat ridiculous Portal frames are not just used for garage doors (except for the PFG)
Commercial Repair Garages - The Building Code Forum One exit door of minimum width of 32", in a nonsprinklered bldg would provide egress for 160 person For the square footage provided that's 22 9375 sq ft per person Since the hazard is the vehicle with the gasoline or other fuel, I personally would use the parking garage (200 sq ft person gross) number if there were any questions
Minimum Floor Slope for Drainage | The Building Code Forum 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):
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