Building Code Questions
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Solar panels on a roof without a ridge
This article in Fine Homebuilding has a good summary of the rules for placing solar panels on a residential roof:https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2020/05/05/rules-for-rooftop-solarIt has this quote from the ICC "International Solar Energy Provisions":…
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Fireblocking for brick house
I'm in the process of renovating part of my basement. It's a capecod house where the brick runs all the way to the top of the first story. 1" furring…
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To Vent a Spray Foamed Roof Deck, or Not?
We have a cape with a 10/12 roof in a Northern New England climate (snow!). Originally, the roof was galvanized metal panels, vented at the ridge, gable ends, and ridge…
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VENTING cathedral ceiling without a soffit vent.
What is best practice for venting a cathedral ceiling where I cannot have a soffit vent? or, what measures do can I take to prove that venting is unnecessary? Our lower…
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Anyone Know North Carolina Building Code for Encapsulated Crawlspaces?
Hello. I will soon be building a home in NC for various reasons i will be building on a crawl space. I will encapsulate the crawl space and probably condition…
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Pier footing sizing – interpret code
Fear I am misunderstanding our code, re footing thickness. Footing Thickness 1) Footing thickness shall be not less than the greater of a) 100 mm, or b) the width of the…
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How to frame second floor stair opening
Hey, rookie designer/owner builder trying to figure out how to frame the second floor stair opening of the attached layout. I’m sure there is a way I can do this…
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Ending voting on ICC Green Building Codes
Came across this article as the lead article in Politics on Huffington Post. Some of you may dismiss HuffPo as a lefty mouthpiece...and there is some of that. But in…
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Diagonal Wood Bracing Instead of Gypsum Wall Board for Shear Resistance
I am trying to follow Prescriptive Code to get my house through permitting in Island County,WA without an engineer (the tech rat race has escaped the locked down city and…
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Stair opening Re supporting Ballon frame outside wall
I want to cut a opening for a staircase in my second story floor connecting the two floors. My problem is I have a balloon framed home. And the opening…
