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    Mobile Home as an addition to and existing light framed house

    Does not sound like the best idea in any case. Kind of like combining an old airplane with a car to drive down the road. Manufactured homes built after 1974 are per HUD standards and cannot be structurally modified or altered without having the Federal Regulations, the original manufacturing...
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    Seven million award upheld in defective homes case in Colorado

    We have similar issues here with expansive soils due to clay. We do a lot of post tension slabs, but I'm sorry to say Brent, we have had issues with some of those as well. If the soil starts to lift due to moisture, it really does not care what type of slab you have. The best thing seems to...
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    How many risers (steps?) equal a stair or stairs?

    Per the 2015 IBC, a stair is defined as one or more risers (section 202), and a stairway is defined as one or more flights of stairs. So the single step would be stairway, and all stairways are required to have a handrail(s) (1012). Hope this helps.
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    Viewing Platform/Step for kids

    Per the 2015 IBC, a stair is defined as one or more risers (section 202), and a stairway is defined as one or more flights of stairs. So the single step would be stairway, and all stairways are required to have a handrail (1012). The top step would be required to be a landing (1009.8) at least...
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    0 lot lines

    Sorry CDA, a slip of the fingers.
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    0 lot lines

    We have dealt with this issue as well. As long as the wall and eave are rated, they are good to go. The idea is to provide some protection until the Fire Dept. arrives. Otherwise I think they would have required a parapet for greater separation. And the handout that cad linked illustrates it...
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    number of showers for health club

    Being both an Architect and a Building Official, I would use 10% as a good starting point. Figure 400 occ. equals 40 lockers, and 40 lockers equals 4 showers. If you figure a 50/50 split, that 2 showers for each sex. But that seems a little low, so I think I go back to 4 for each. A lot of...
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