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    1-HR BEARING WALL IN VA: PROTECT STUDS AT DOOR OPENINGS? Not a fire barrier, fire partition or fire wall

    Type VA construction using 2015 IBC, bearing walls which are not fire barriers, fire partitions or fire walls clearly must be 1-hour rated per Table 601. The walls we are looking at here are typically wood-framed bearing and/or shear walls within R-2 dwelling units in mid-rise 6-8 story V-on-I...
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    1 HR Separation

    I am designing a 1 story addition to a "M" mercantile store. The addition will have two components. One is a storage area connected to the existing store and the other is a single family dwelling unit. The code official here has stated that the commercial portion will fall under Michigan...
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