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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.
Re: 16' Garage Door Headers The garage and other window and door openings are prescriptive see FIGURE R602.10.6.2 ALTERNATE BRACED WALL PANEL ADJACENT TO A DOOR OR WINDOW OPENING A minimum 3" X 11.25" net header size is required for opening from 6ft to a maximum 18 ft. That would take care of the wind and seismic shear loads. Correct?
--1994, Section 411.2.8: "Connection of an automobile parking garage with any room in which there is afuel-fired appliance shall be by means of a door way with a raised sill at least 8 inches above the garage floor or through a vestibule providing two door separation." So the southern code was concerned with ignition of gasses.
The garage is detached and the circuit described is fed via conduit from the panelboard. The conduit enters the garage from the outside where the conduit comes up from underground. From there it feeds a receptacle in the ceiling, a convenience outlet and an outside light with a motion sensor located on the soffit of the detached garage.
New construction house has an attached garage with finished space above. The first floor 1/2 bath rear wall backs up to the garage common wall. Customer wanted a pedestal sink but it needed an AAV for the plumbing vent. They installed the AAV high in the wall and put in the plastic grill on the GARAGE side of the wall.
Thanks for any help! We are building a home in Sussex Co Delaware. 2 car garage with "bonus space" unfinished storage area above. This space is accessed in the plans by a door to the second floor inhabitable area. I am being told by builder there can be NO access between garage & this space. Local code calls for 5/8" ceiling 1/2" walls.
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).
A local contract is going to build a garage. He want to build a breezeway between the house and the garage. My interpretation of the 2009 IRC is that, even with the breezeway, the garage is still an accessory structure. He is trying his best to make me call it an attached garage and part of...
I have successfully used future code versions before to justify things and I think it will work here. Below is the verbiage from the 2021. They added heated garage to sunrooms. These are the exact insulation amounts we planned to use and the wall between the home and garage is totally compliant and airtight.
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 ...