Fire Department Garage Area | The Building Code Forum
2024年12月4日 · I have an Architect stating a Fire Department Garage, if over 5,000 sf, is not required to be sprinkled. He is stating it does not meet the intent of Commercial motor vehicles definition. Of course per the 2021 IBC section 903.2.9 Group S-1 item 4) A group s-1 fire area used for storage of commercial motor vehicles where the fire area exceeds ...
Attached garage separation question | The Building Code Forum
2021年8月12日 · If the dwelling and garage are fire sprinklered, is the gwb still required? I think so but not sure. Any penetrations of the gwb, 2024 IRC refers to R302.11 Fireblocking. and no. 4. At openings around vents, pipes, ducts, cables and wires at ceiling and floor level, with an approved material to resist the free passage of flame and products of ...
HVAC in a garage - The Building Code Forum
2012年1月12日 · The leakage around a garage door and the cubic volume of a double car garage should provide an adquate supply of combustion air to any "B" vented unit. We have encouraged CO detectors in homes with attached garages for years especially if a …
Commercial Repair Garages - The Building Code Forum
2011年4月20日 · 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.
What is a garage? - The Building Code Forum
2011年7月23日 · The thing is, I can't find a definition of what a garage is either in the local code, state law, or the IRC (2015 is applicable for my town). For the sake of avoiding asking my CEO too many questions, does anyone know where I can find the definition of a garage? This would be a one-story detached garage more than 20 ft away from the home.
Pex/pvc pipes in a garage - The Building Code Forum
2019年6月11日 · Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes shall not be permitted. Other openings between the garage and residence shall be equipped with solid wood doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) in thickness, solid or honeycomb-core steel doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) thick, or 20-minute fire-rated doors ...
13R sprinklers in parking garage - The Building Code Forum
2009年11月28日 · Each private garage shall be not greater than 1,000 square feet (93 m2) in area. Multiple private garages are permitted in a building where each private garage is separated from the other private garages by 1-hour fire barriers in accordance with Section 707, or 1-hour horizontal assemblies in accordance with Section 711, or both. 406.3.2 ...
Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage - The Building Code …
2009年10月20日 · Re: Equipment Bollard in a Residential Garage I could be mistaken but I believe NFPA 54 addresses it as sufficient clearance shall be maintained to permit cleaning, service etc. with no dimensional criteria. Edit: Strike cleaning & service was winging without an available racket and forgot garage in OP. Thanks Haz & Mueller
fire separation in garages | The Building Code Forum
2014年4月8日 · 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...
Detached garage/Upstairs apartment egress - The Building Code …
2011年7月7日 · If the stairway is separated from the garage by 1/2" gypsum, and no prtion goes through the garage area to get to the exterior, there would be no issues with an interior stairway. The ceiling would have to be protected with 5/8" gypsum based on 309.2 of 2003 IRC (we are way behind on adoptionof current codes).