Building Code Questions- Page 53 of 68
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Living space
Hello, I'm planning to build a new home on Houston city limit. I would like to build a 2500 sq/ft living space house, but for not be to hard on…
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Sheathing under metal roof
I Goggled this question, what lead me to this website. I read about this same topic here, I believe it was from 2012, however, the same question but for a…
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Who has a green/high-performance building innovation that successfully pushed the permitting envelope? I want to study it!
My organization, the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild, Olympia, WA, just launched a new website, the Code Innovations Database, Its a new resource with one simple goal in mind: “making it easier…
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Is sheathing required behind clapboard exterior wall?
I have a 1971Lancer double wide mobile home with hardboard exterior walls that seem to be toxic. I am sensitized to chemicals due to chronic pain and fatigue. The hardboard…
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New construction sealed crawlspace R-value and air exchange question
In climate zone 2 what is the required R value if doing sealed crawlspace and insulating foundation walls instead of floor? Table N1102.1 lists crawlspace walls. Is this for sealed…
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My foundation contractor didn’t install any anchor bolts in the slab for my new house
My foundation contractor didn't install any anchor bolts in the slab for my new house. Are there any anchor bolts that meet code that I can install? Wedge, epoxy, etc.?
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Flat roof, non vented — What about furred space for slope?
I am building a non-vented flat roof in CEC zone 8/ DOE zone 3-92705. Roof structure will be structural sheathing on 12" I-joist. For slope, sheathing over 2x furring strips…
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Do 5/32″ and 3/16″ suffice as window panes?
Do 5/32" and 3/16" suffice as window panes? Can they affixed to each other to achieve greater thickness to abide by codes? I have a bunch of 6 ft by…
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What is the minimum width of residential steps?
First of all, I have a guide book to the code but not the actual code book. I have read the section on egress over and over, I have looked…
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Can you place Hard-plank over T-1-11?
Felt or Tyvek?