I have a single car garage with a sectional overhead door, I have space on one stucco wall for a 24 x 75 pedestrian door. will that size be acceptable since it is not the main egress door?
The house was designed with 8′ foundation walls, and had a rise from the garage floor to the subfloor of 17-1/2″: 4″ for vapors + 1-1/2″ sill+ 11-1/4″ joist + 3/4″ sublfoor. For multiple reasons (steps, topography, fill and grading) I would like to lower the living area and entry to have only one step up from the garage.
Codes do not permit duct openings in a residential attached garage, for obvious reasons. I ran across one yesterday where it appears that the contractor is placing an air handler in a garage under living space. My first reaction is -not permitted- however as I thought about it I figured the...
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. Because the Business Occupancy is a hazard to the S-2 occupancy, a fire barrier wall must be constructed between the two.
Does the residential code require that the garage slab be lower than the house floor? I couldn't find it anywhere, but I have a contractor who swears it does.
Stepped foundation wall to reduce rise from garage to house - joist on ...
If the garage is located beneath any habitable space, the separation requirements are more stringent, necessitating the use of 5/8-inch (15.9 mm) Type X gypsum board or a material that offers equivalent protection.