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  1. CityKin

    Gender neutral ganged restrooms for schools

    FYI, I was at an ICC seminar yesterday about ADA and ANSI A117.1: She said that in future codes single user toilet rooms will never be designated male or female. They will be unisex or family.
  2. CityKin

    stairs could replace stairlifts

    There will be more and more of these types of inventions that will eventually effect the building code, especially for ADA requirements. Wheelchairs are becoming smaller and some are able to negotiate stairs.
  3. CityKin

    Got to love California

    What do they have in that room, a litter box?
  4. CityKin

    Bottle Fillers vs. Electric Water Coolers

    There is a paragraph added in the 2015 IPC that allows water dispensers to replace 50% of the required drinking fountains. The have added definition for water dispenser to include bottle fillers connected to the water supply and bottle water coolers. "IPC 410.4 Substitution... where drinking...
  5. CityKin

    Building collapse// concert fire // History repeats, repeats, repeats

    Off the top of my head, those numbers look slightly high for SW Ohio. The lot would be 35-40 not 67k and the sales price would be $175-250k instead of $310
  6. CityKin

    High rise fire?????

  7. CityKin

    High rise fire?????

    The ICC-ES Evaluation Report for Reynobond FR and PE MCM panels can be found here: http://www.arconic.com/aap/north_america/pdf/certifications/icc-es_fr_report.pdf It limits the PE panel to 40' tall buildings with exceptions and references IBC 1407.11.1. The articles I read have stated that...
  8. CityKin

    High rise fire?????

    http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/06/15/grenfell-tower-fire-probe-focuses-on-cladding/ A key area of investigation will be the common rainscreen system used on the Grenfell Tower, which is designed to include fire-breaks at every floor and around every window. ... The building was...
  9. CityKin

    High rise fire?????

    “A disaster waiting to happen,” is how the architect and fire expert Sam Webb describes hundreds of tower blocks across the UK, after the fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington which has left at least six people dead. “We are still wrapping postwar high-rise buildings in highly flammable materials...
  10. CityKin

    High rise fire?????

    On google streetview, it looks like there has been construction ongoing around the base of the building and on the exterior. It also looks a bit rundown.
  11. CityKin

    40 Years Ago

    Wait, in CA you need Special Inspections for a single family house??? Don't you follow a prescriptive code like the IRC?
  12. CityKin

    What does "under 2" of concrete mean"

    I don't think this meets the intention of the code. Unfused service conductors in a crawlspace would be a hazard unless encased in concrete. Imagine in 20 years someone getting down in the crawlspace to install a plumbing line and accidentally damaging this while in such a confined space.
  13. CityKin

    Residential Housing Crisis

    ^regarding #4: I've never seen a building department that makes $$ off of permit fees. In fact, I've been told that in Ohio it is against the law for a City to use permit fees to fund other government functions. Every building department I am familiar with must be subsidized by the general...
  14. CityKin

    Residential Housing Crisis

    Ok on that map, almost the whole state of Nevada is red. But even if it wasn't would anyone want to live on old proving grounds? No housing shortage here in the Midwest. There are many rural areas with no zoning. In some Ohio towns you can buy an old house for $10,000.
  15. CityKin

    Height 1st floor to grade

    We use the 2009 IRC and IRC 311.3.2 (exception) allows two risers on the exterior door and our risers are allowed to be 8.25" thus the patio can be 16.5" below threshold before a landing is required. I'm not sure where you are getting the 6" exposed foundation requirement. (whoops, I see it...
  16. CityKin

    Travel distance with an exterior stair

    RLGA is exactly right IMO. Common Path extends down the stair if there is only one stair.
  17. CityKin

    Playground

    I love old trees and I really dislike when people cut them down because of fear of lawsuits. However, I live in the Midwest, and I've never heard of a single local or state ordinance prohibiting the removal of any tree whether on public or private property. California is crazy. Its just a...
  18. CityKin

    Use Group Classification for Toilets in Park

    I issued it as a "U" UTILITY. I've had others that had concession stands attached and did those as B or A depending on whether or not there were picnic tables under roof. .
  19. CityKin

    Use Group Classification for Toilets in Park

    New building for public toilets in a city park. Code is IBC 2009 Should I classify them as U or B or A5? The toilets are near a playground and baseball fields. There really aren't any code implications, I'm just curious about the proper use group for such a building.
  20. CityKin

    elevator shaft without ratings

    It should be allowed IMO, but alas, it is not
  21. CityKin

    Building collapse// concert fire // History repeats, repeats, repeats

    ^ same in our jurisdiction. And as to the question about do sprinklers ever work, I can say firsthand that they saved a project of mine about 10 years ago when a man fell asleep with a lit cigarette in an apartment building. A single head was triggered and it completely suppressed the fire...
  22. CityKin

    Can a Transfer-Type Shower have a curb?

    Francis has the answer. I didn't see that in my previous search through A117.1. Thanks
  23. CityKin

    Can a Transfer-Type Shower have a curb?

    ANSI A117.1-2009 608.2.1 & 608.4.1 The standard allows several options: tubs, roll-in shower, and transfer type shower. No curbs are shown in the transfer shower illustrations, but these are designed so that the wheelchair stays in the room and the person transfers themselves to the bench...
  24. CityKin

    LVT product for wall covering...?

    806.5 allows Class C material up to 10% of the wall or ceiling. Usually this is wood trim, right?
  25. CityKin

    Smoke alarms in existing homes

    If you read the sections you quoted, I think they are both triggered by any work requiring a permit. However, R314.4 exception 2 allows that the smoke detectors just be battery powered and not-inter connected unless the drywall in the area is being removed. CO detector are always allowed to be...
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