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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    Our permit shows a 3' x8' fixed window - I wanted to see if I could change it to a door legitimately vs just changing it to a door after inspection. Trying to do things by the book but the city and inspectors make it complicated sometimes.
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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    Yes that's a ladder that goes the roof above there. We're fine putting a railing in and all that but then I think they're going to view it as a possible roof deck once it has a railing and therefore not allow it.
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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    I wish it was that easy - the bottom portion of the window up to a certain height cannot be operable so you would still have to climb over...
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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    Yes we asked and were told the roof could not be used for anything, no decks, no roof garden, no solar, etc.
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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    Hi folks - we are fine putting a railing in if it would be allowed. Just trying to find out what code to reference for this situation...is there anything at all that mentions access to a roof or equipment on a residential roof?
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    Can a second story door lead to a flat roof without a railing?

    Hi all - we have an unusual project in San Diego where we converted a garage by adding a second story to it under CA's new granny flat law. To do this we had to step the second story in on two sides due to setbacks and being right on the property line. This left us with a big blank flat roof on...
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    • egress granny flat loft loft egress roof access roof door roof egress roof maintenance
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Residential Building Codes
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    Does a waste line connecting to sewer line have to be underground?

    Hi all - we are about to start a project where we are converting our detached garage into a mother-in-law unit and adding a new bathroom with a shower, sink and toilet in it. The new bathroom will need to connect to the main sewer line and have a waste line/drain line (not sure what the right...
    • SJP415
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    • building code codes plumbing plumbing code remodel sewer sewer line waste line
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Plumbing Codes
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    A way to make a 42" spiral work rather than 60"?

    I had heard there may be some exception in the building code that would allow for a deviation in the code if the spiral stair was used to access 200sf or less and did not have a primary bathroom or kitchen...
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    A way to make a 42" spiral work rather than 60"?

    Would that be considered OK as a means of access to the loft space?
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    A way to make a 42" spiral work rather than 60"?

    I was told that that the 26" is just the clear width - after you add the pole and the handrails you need to plan on 5' diam. for clear space...
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    A way to make a 42" spiral work rather than 60"?

    Hello - we are adding a second story above our single-car garage. The lot is very tiny and we have a very tight building envelope due to setbacks and other requirements. The garage and the new space above it will become one living unit for a total of 302sf. We had it designed with a 42" diam...
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