LKorzen
Registered User
I am really hoping someone here can help. I have looked everywhere but have not yet found a specific answer to our question. I have a call into our local fire marshall but have not heard back from them. We are selling our home in RI and as part of the inspection, we were asked to add a fire separation between the wall that is shared between our garage and the house.
The garage is two stories BUT on the second floor is just for storage, it is not finished. There are no openings between the garage and the house just a wall. Our plan so far is to put 1/2 or 5/8 gypsum board on the wall that is shared.
Our question is that between the two floors in the garage are joists that run across the floor and into the house about 3ft. What do we do about these joists? I have received conflicting advice ranging from having to take out the entire second floor of the garage to simply ignoring the joists that run into the house. Please help!
The garage is two stories BUT on the second floor is just for storage, it is not finished. There are no openings between the garage and the house just a wall. Our plan so far is to put 1/2 or 5/8 gypsum board on the wall that is shared.
Our question is that between the two floors in the garage are joists that run across the floor and into the house about 3ft. What do we do about these joists? I have received conflicting advice ranging from having to take out the entire second floor of the garage to simply ignoring the joists that run into the house. Please help!