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    Do handrail extensions make wider ramp landings useless?

    Under California CBC 11B-505.10 exc. #3, the fold-back is limited to 90 degrees and is only allowed in existing facilities under a subjective judgment regarding potential hazard:
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    Exception to Handrails

    As mentioned on a previous thread a while back. In theory a 1/4" elevation change - which is perhaps a type of miniature riser - is allowed in any accessible walking path, and no corresponding "landing" is required. In theory, one could create a series of 1/4" risers and 1/4" treads to form a...
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    Do handrail extensions make wider ramp landings useless?

    OK, good, that works for the intermediate landing - - but what about the top landing where the handrail is required to go in the direction of travel, and cannot turn 90 degrees?
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    Do handrail extensions make wider ramp landings useless?

    See the image below from CBC Fig 11B-405.7, where the state of California has required wider top and intermediate landings at ramps as compared to 2010 ADAS. 've shown the handrails in red. 11B-405.8 and 505 also require minimum 12" handrail extensions, which are really at least 15" when you...
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    Body camera policy?

    I can’t speak to building department policy. However, on the private side, our insurance company has advised architecture and engineering companies to MINIMIZE the amount of photos and videos taken during construction site visits, to delete photos and videos that don’t capture items directly...
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    Adding a non-accessible toilet room

    Mark, I think post #1 is seeking concurrence that it already will comply with the code requirement for min. 50% accessible clustered single accommodation toilets. Therefore there is no need to invoke technical infeasibility.
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    Reasons Why Building Permit Application Packages are Rejected by Permit Technicians

    Oddly, the state of California (which normally loves additional regulation) is just fine with stamps and signatures applied by a printer or plotter: "In the California State Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Rules (16 CCR §411), the required seal on the plans shall be capable...
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    Heeeeey Guys!

    Welcome to the forum! What is your particular interest in building codes?
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    OSB instead of studs for non-supporting walls?

    Travelmodel, can you please answer these questions to help us determine scope of code / structural application: 1. Is the wall separating one dwelling unit from the other? What is on the other side of this kitchen wall? 2. Is the wall separating conditioned (heated or cooled) space from...
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    Assembly or business?

    The original post was about adding panic hardware. This in and of itself might be no big deal to install, but to the extent that it opens up other code requirements related to assembly, the cumulative effect may make it worth the OP deciding to push back.
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    Assembly or business?

    Whether the trainer is a guest or an employee is irrelevant to the wording and application of the code. The training would still take up the same amount of space. Or are you suspecting that a guest trainer would rearrange the space into a lecture hall instead? If that were the case, people...
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    Accessible gang shower?

    I don't understand: 1. Where does the Access Board get their info for accessible gang shower configuration? There is no link to an applicable code or 2010 ADA section. 2. How can I determine that no grab bars are required by code? ADAS 608.3 says they are required: I see that in ADAS...
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    Accessible gang shower?

    I'm working on an old community rec center / gym / pool in California. the shower rooms (male and female) have gang shower areas. We've been asked to make sure at least one shower is ADA accessible. for sake of discussion, let's say the gang shower room is 15' x 20' When I look at the...
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    Playground Egresses in a School Courtyard

    When we find out if the playground >50' deep then we can talk about potentially keeping the playground locked.
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    Playground Egresses in a School Courtyard

    The problem with a playground situation is a kid running out of the normally egress gate. I had an after-school daycare project where that happened - -kid almost got hit by a car. Even if they don't get hit, if they run down the road, what is the daycare supervisor supposed to do: leave the 99...
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    Playground Egresses in a School Courtyard

    Please also check out this guide prepared by the state architect here in California. Not sure if Michigan has something similar: https://www.dgs.ca.gov/-/media/Divisions/DSA/Publications/fls/Emergency-Prep-Classroom-Safety.pdf If would appear that Michigan is on an older code than the 2018...
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    Playground Egresses in a School Courtyard

    1. Is the playground used as a means of egress path from the adjacent buildings? If there is a fire in those buildings, is the approved exit strategy to go out onto the playground? 2. If #1 is “yes”, then what are the dimensions of the playground? In that scenario, people need to be at least...
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    OSB instead of studs for non-supporting walls?

    Think of it as furniture, like a Japanese shoji screen or the curtain around a hospital bed. It provides no function except visual privacy and space definition. If that's all you need it for, then it might be approvable. I say "might" because we don't know all of the purposes of this wall. For...
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    Using garage rafter ties to hang drywall

    Based on the Table R802.5.1(1) and (2) posted by ICE, it looks like you first need to determine what kind on wood was used for the rafter ties the grade stamp on the wood whether the attic you have now created is intended to be used for storage or other additional loads. The table only goes up...
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    Assembly or business?

    Brodgers, is the 5800 Sf space a single room? Or is it broken up with restrooms, storage, reception area, locker rooms, etc.? JPohling, when "Martial Arts Studios" was added to the list of B training occupancies in 2015, do you suspect that the code committee was unaware of how the studios get...
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    Epoxy lined water pipe

    I've used epoxy lining for waste lines, but not for supply lines. For supply, go with PEX for an existing building. I have to laugh at all those ads that promise repiping will provide you with "clean water" in an old neighborhood. Have you seen what an old city water main looks like? No...
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    Assembly or business?

    This was exactly the point of posts #4 and 5 earlier in this thread. Table 1004.5 for determination of occupant load does not say "occupancy classification of space" - - it says "function of space". Once the occupant load count for each space has been determined, either by "function of space"...
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    SCBC/IBC Allowances on 150' perimeter hose stretch on fully sprinklered 4 story building

    2021 South Carolina Fire Code - - see excerpt below. Although the 150' limit is based in large part on how far a firefighter can manually drag a hose in order to fight a fire, the code expresses this limitation as a maximum distance from a fire road to the exterior walls of the building...
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    Assembly or business?

    I encountered this many times when I worked on membership fitness centers (similar to 24 hour fitness, LA Fitness, etc.). These centers had gyms with a basketball court for pickup games. The most I would see on this court was 10 guys playing and a few on the sidelines waiting to be rotated in...
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    Woman stunned after Hawaii home built on wrong lot

    This takes me back to when I was a little boy, and our neighbor's former citrus grove than had been staked out for a subdivision. I was too young to know that survey stakes were anything other than swords and spears that nice men had left in the ground for us to pull out play with. After much...
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